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Driver’s Man ual for the Niv a 1600 (Vaz 212 1 series) Operator’s Manual[...]
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This Ma nual cont ains a descriptio n of the Lada Niva car, desc ription of its' parts, driving tips and specifications . This Ma nual was scanned from an original Manual supplied with a 1989 Niva 1600. Some details may have changed for subsequent Niva models, notabl y the Niva 1700 Bushmaster. This Manual complements the Niva M aintenance Man[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 1 Table of Conte nts INTRODUCTION ..... ................ ................. .......... 2 IMPORTANT NOTICES ....... ............... ............ 2 DESCRIPTION ........... ................ ............... .......... 6 IDENTIFICA TION DATA ................... ............ 6 L UBRICATING SYSTEM . ..........[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 2 INTRODUCTION The VAZ2121 is a comfortable, high speed , all whee l dr ive, cross country, economy car intended to carry passengers and loads on paved road s of any kind and on dir t roads . The car design makes it possi ble to operate t he car at ambient te mperatures ranging from plus 45" C dow[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 3 Do not overload the car in excess of the sp ecified limits. Overloading resul ts in da mage of the front suspensi on elements, bending of the rear ax le beam, pre mature wear of the tyres, vibration of the body end loss of road stabili ty. The mass of the l oad on the roof lu ggage carrier (inc ludin[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 4 When on the move, do not turn the igniti on key to position III PARKING (CTORHKA) as it may result i n loc king the st eering shaft b y t he an titheft device, thus making the car non-st eerable. Prior to moving off, check the parki ng brak e lever posi tion; start motion only wi th the lever all the[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 5 To prevent blowing of the fuse and damage to the volta ge regulator contacts, observe the following rules: • Do not check the voltage regul ator for serviceability by short circuiti ng its te rminals "15" and "67" • Do not interchange the wires running to t erminals "67&q[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 6 DESCRIPTION This section contains descript ion of parts of the Niva 1600 - (Vaz 2121). Explanations are given of what things are, not necessar ily how they work. See the Instruments and controls section for information on how to operate th em - Jason. jason_chapman@h otmail.com IDENTIFICATION DATA Id[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 7 Lubricating system. The syste m is of combination (spl ash-and-force) type: be arings of crankshaft, camshaft and accessory drive s haft are force-lubricate d; cyl inders, valve gear and its d rive a re s plash- lubricated, A gear oil pump with a n oil intake straine r and a reducing valve in the cov[...]
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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 gearshi ft l ever is mounted on the floor tunne l. 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 gearbox and 5t h gear ratio of 0.81 9 are availabl[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 9 Brakes Used in the car is a two circuit hydra ulic brake syst em. Service brakes (combined with emergency br ake) Incl ude front disc brakes wit h movable callip ers and three cylinder blocks, and rear aluminium drum brakes with cast iron liners on the working sur face, with self alignin g shoes and [...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 10 Electrical Equipment The system is single wire. negative gro und return type. Rate d voltage is 12 V. Storage battery Type 6CT55A, capac ity 2 105C ( 55 A · h) at 20h di scharge rate . The current output at intensive disc harge in cold stat e (minus 18"C) is 255 A. Alternator Is an enclose d t[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 11 Body Body three door, un itized (anodised? ), all metal. Its side doors have front mounted hinges and win dows provided with two glasses: swi velling v ent and roll down. Tai lgate (lugga ge compartment door) opens up wards. The wi ndshield and back window are scenaramic. The triplex windshiel d and[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 12 INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS Fig. 4. Instrument and Cont rols: 1 headlight switch lever; 2 direction indicator switch lever; 3 ignition switch; 4 clutch pedal; 5 br ake pedal; 6 windshiel d wiper switch lever; 7 accelerator pedal; 8 heater lid lever; 9 transfer differential lock lever; 10 transfer range[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 13 2. direction indicator switch lever. When the leve r is shi fted to posit ion A, the R.H. di rection indica tors are ON a nd when it is shifted to pos ition B, the L.H. direction i ndicators are ON. When the car r ecovers from a turn the lever aut omatically returns to the initial pos ition. This ca[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 14 11. parking brake lever. On shifting the leve r upwards, t he brake sho es of the re ar wheels are applied. With the ignition ON, this is indicated by the par king brake warning lamp on the instrument panel. To return t he lever to the init ial positi on, depress the button at the lever handle end. [...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 15 28 coolant temperature gaug e. Passing of the poi nter int o the red zone of the s cale i ndicates e ngine ove r heating. If this is the case, check the alterna tor drive belt for proper tensi on, and if the drive belt is tensioned properly, check t he cooling syste m. 29 brake fluid low level warni[...]
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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 ignit ion is turned ON; the lamp goes off immediately on start ing the engine. If the lamp stays ON with t he e ngine running, the alter nator drive belt is slack or the alternat or is faulty. From experi ence t his i s most often caused [...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 17 51 cigarette lighter. To use the light er, depress and rel ease immediately the hold er button which remains depressed for ap proximately 15 s. Then the but ton automatically r eturns to the ini tial position and the lighte r is ready for use. With the instrument lighting ON, a special lamp illumina[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 18 APPOINTMENTS Sun visors Are intended to p rotect the drive r and passenger from the dazzling sun. In ca se of head on r ays, set the visor (Fig. 5) in position I, in case of side rays, in position II. Rear view mirrors Internal rear-vi ew mirror(Fig. 6) ensures observa tion of the road behind the Ea[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 19 Shifting the l ever right w ards increases the suppl y of the outside air thr ough the heater radiator; thr ough the heater grill e if the lid is opened by means of leve r 5, with lower lever 4 shifted to the right. Turning of the deflector s changes the dire ction of the air flow. If the car moves [...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 20 if necessary, cut i n the heater fan with s witch 2; open the he ater lid w ith lever 5. H ot air will be dir ected to the driver's a nd passengers' feet zone, as well as onto the windshield. To speed u p warming of the windshi eld, close the heater lid. If the ambient ai r temperatur e is[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 21 Engine hood To open the engine hoo d, pull lever 48 (Fig. 4), raise hood 1 (Fig. 16) an d bring prop 2 into the s top of br acket 3. When cl osing t he hood raise i t slight ly, remove the prop from the bracket stop and smoothly lower the hood. Note: In windy weather the h ood may blow close. You ca[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 22 OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS . Starting the engine from cold Pump some fuel into t he carburettor floa t cha mber by operat ing hand priming lever 1 (Fig . 19) several times. It is advisable to per form the above operation after a long stands till of the car. Set the gearshi ft lever in the neutral and d[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 23 Then unlock the differenti al, change to the high in the transfer case and t hrow the gearshift l ever into higher gears in su ccession. To back the car depress the gearshift lever all the way down a nd then set i t in the reverse ge ar position. Change to t he reverse gear only when the car ha s co[...]
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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 infla tion pressure a nd bring it to normal be fore 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 engine in excess of 4,000 rpm 3. Do not take heav[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 25 Adjusting the spark advan ce angle While i n se rvice, s ometimes it becomes necessary to adjust the spa rk advan ce angle in order to s uit the quality of the fuel used. Perform adjustment on a war med up engin e. Driving the car in the high gear on a level road at a speed of 50 km/h, a bruptly dep[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 26 T ables Basic Characteristics a nd Dimensions Seating capac ity, Persons 4 or 5 Seating capac ity with back seat folde d, persons 2 Payload, kg 400 luggage allowed, Kg M aximum with 4 person 120 with 2 Persons 260 with driver only 330 Dry mass (mass of car less fue l, oil, coolant and a ccessories),[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 27 Engine Model VAZ2121 Type four-stroke car burettor Number and arrangement of cyli nders four, in-line Cylinder bore an d piston stroke, mm 79x80 Engine displace ment. L 1,568 Compression rate 8.5 Rated power ISO 1585-82, at 5,400 rpm', kW (hp), minimum 53.7 (73.0) Maximum torque, I SO 158582, a[...]
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Lada Niva Driver’s Manual Jason Chapman Page 28 Main Adjustment and Test Data Valve rocker to c am clearances (engine cold), mm 0.15 Breaker point ga p, mm 0.4 +/- 0.05 End play in front whee l hub bearings, mm set during adjus tments 0.0 1-0.07 maximum permissible in service 0.15 Fan belt deflecti on under 100 N (10 kgf), mm 10-15 Spark plug gap[...]