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Vaz Lada Niva 1600 Manual

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Summary of Lada Niva 1600

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    Driver’s manual for the niva 1600 (vaz 2121 series) operator’s manual.

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    This manual contains a description of the lada niva car, description of its' parts, driving tips and specifications. This manual was scanned from an original manual supplied with a 1989 niva 1600. Some details may have changed for subsequent niva models, notably the niva 1700 bushmaster. This manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 1 table of contents introduction................................................ 2 important notices .................................. 2 description .................................................... 6 identification data .................................

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 2 introduction the vaz2121 is a comfortable, high speed, all wheel drive, cross country, economy car intended to carry passengers and loads on paved roads of any kind and on dirt roads. The car design makes it possible to operate the car at ambient temper...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 3 do not overload the car in excess of the specified limits. Overloading results in damage of the front suspension elements, bending of the rear axle beam, premature wear of the tyres, vibration of the body end loss of road stability. The mass of the load...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 4 when on the move, do not turn the ignition key to position iii parking (ctorhka) as it may result in locking the steering shaft by the antitheft device, thus making the car non-steerable. Prior to moving off, check the parking brake lever position; star...

  • Page 7: Notes:

    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 5 to prevent blowing of the fuse and damage to the voltage regulator contacts, observe the following rules: • do not check the voltage regulator for serviceability by short circuiting its terminals "15" and "67" • do not interchange the wires running to t...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 6 description this section contains description of parts of the niva 1600 - (vaz 2121). Explanations are given of what things are, not necessarily how they work. See the instruments and controls section for information on how to operate them - jason. Jaso...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 7 lubricating system. The system is of combination (splash-and-force) type: bearings of crankshaft, camshaft and accessory drive shaft are force-lubricated; cylinders, valve gear and its drive are splash- lubricated, a gear oil pump with an oil intake str...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 8 gearbox. The gearbox is four speed, all forward gears synchro-meshed the gearshift lever is mounted on the floor tunnel. Gear ratios: 1st gear 3.667; 2nd gear 2.100; 3rd gear1.361; 4th gear 1.000; reverse gear 3.526. Car versions with a five speed gearb...

  • Page 11: Notes:

    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 9 brakes used in the car is a two circuit hydraulic brake system. Service brakes (combined with emergency brake) include front disc brakes with movable callipers and three cylinder blocks, and rear aluminium drum brakes with cast iron liners on the workin...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 10 electrical equipment the system is single wire. Negative ground return type. Rated voltage is 12 v. Storage battery type 6ct55a, capacity 2 105c (55 a · h) at 20h discharge rate. The current output at intensive discharge in cold state (minus 18"c) is 2...

  • Page 13: Notes:

    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 11 body body three door, unitized (anodised?), all metal. Its side doors have front mounted hinges and windows provided with two glasses: swivelling vent and roll down. Tailgate (luggage compartment door) opens upwards. The windshield and back window are ...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 12 instruments and controls fig. 4. Instrument and controls: 1 headlight switch lever; 2 direction indicator switch lever; 3 ignition switch; 4 clutch pedal; 5 brake pedal; 6 windshield wiper switch lever; 7 accelerator pedal; 8 heater lid lever; 9 transf...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 13 2. Direction indicator switch lever. When the lever is shifted to position a, the r.H. Direction indicators are on and when it is shifted to position b, the l.H. Direction indicators are on. When the car recovers from a turn the lever automatically ret...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 14 11. Parking brake lever. On shifting the lever upwards, the brake shoes of the rear wheels are applied. With the ignition on, this is indicated by the parking brake warning lamp on the instrument panel. To return the lever to the initial position, depr...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 15 28 coolant temperature gauge. Passing of the pointer into the red zone of the scale indicates engine over heating. If this is the case, check the alternator drive belt for proper tension, and if the drive belt is tensioned properly, check the cooling s...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 16 40 battery no charge warning lamp (red). It comet on when the ignition is turned on; the lamp goes off immediately on starting the engine. If the lamp stays on with the engine running, the alternator drive belt is slack or the alternator is faulty. Fro...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 17 51 cigarette lighter. To use the lighter, depress and release immediately the holder button which remains depressed for approximately 15 s. Then the button automatically returns to the initial position and the lighter is ready for use. With the instrum...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 18 appointments sun visors are intended to protect the driver and passenger from the dazzling sun. In case of head on rays, set the visor (fig. 5) in position i, in case of side rays, in position ii. Rear view mirrors internal rear-view mirror(fig. 6) ens...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 19 shifting the lever right wards increases the supply of the outside air through the heater radiator; through the heater grille if the lid is opened by means of lever 5, with lower lever 4 shifted to the right. Turning of the deflectors changes the direc...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 20 if necessary, cut in the heater fan with switch 2; open the heater lid with lever 5. Hot air will be directed to the driver's and passengers' feet zone, as well as onto the windshield. To speed up warming of the windshield, close the heater lid. If the...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 21 engine hood to open the engine hood, pull lever 48 (fig. 4), raise hood 1 (fig. 16) and bring prop 2 into the stop of bracket 3. When closing the hood raise it slightly, remove the prop from the bracket stop and smoothly lower the hood. Note: in windy ...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 22 operating instructions . Starting the engine from cold pump some fuel into the carburettor float chamber by operating hand priming lever 1 (fig. 19) several times. It is advisable to per form the above operation after a long standstill of the car. Set ...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 23 then unlock the differential, change to the high in the transfer case and throw the gearshift lever into higher gears in succession. To back the car depress the gearshift lever all the way down and then set it in the reverse gear position. Change to th...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 24 running in during the first 2.0003.000 km: 1. Check the tyre inflation pressure and bring it to normal before each trip. 2. While in motion, and in the warm-up time after starting the engine (especially after starting from cold) do not rev up the engin...

  • Page 27: Notes:

    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 25 adjusting the spark advance angle while in service, sometimes it becomes necessary to adjust the spark advance angle in order to suit the quality of the fuel used. Perform adjustment on a warmed up engine. Driving the car in the high gear on a level ro...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 26 tables basic characteristics and dimensions seating capacity, persons 4 or 5 seating capacity with back seat folded, persons 2 payload, kg 400 luggage allowed, kg maximum with 4 person 120 with 2 persons 260 with driver only 330 dry mass (mass of car l...

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 27 engine model vaz2121 type four-stroke carburettor number and arrangement of cylinders four, in-line cylinder bore and piston stroke, mm 79x80 engine displacement. L 1,568 compression rate 8.5 rated power iso 1585-82, at 5,400 rpm', kw (hp), minimum 53....

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    Lada niva driver’s manual jason chapman page 28 main adjustment and test data valve rocker to cam clearances (engine cold), mm 0.15 breaker point gap, mm 0.4 +/- 0.05 end play in front wheel hub bearings, mm set during adjustments 0.01-0.07 maximum permissible in service 0.15 fan belt deflection und...