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iannima wrote:Indeed the manual says that the pistons are marginally oval. I have verified this with a micrometer on the oversize pistons for the 2.12 engine I bought some time ago from Todor.

Cam ground... oval when cold, round when hot due to expansion

The oil pump doesn't care where its at, all it needs is to go round and round :ban When I swapped my NVA distributor for the Russian one I had the same issue you did. What I found was easy was to turn the crank until #1 cylinder was at TDC for firing... I then took out the two bolts on the oil pump ...

Ran across a few odds & ends...

20 new old stock, still in the wrap, russian made Gaz69 spark plugs.
1 new old stock fuel sending unit.

These were purchased from Russian Spares a few years ago. $145US shipped to Europe.

But getting back to the head-gasket, one of the last emails I received from the seller indicated that the gasket was for a 2.12 engine. Indeed you can see here how the gasket overlaps with the cylinder bore marginally covering the piston: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/iannima/Klaus/Engineb....

I wonder... has anyone tried to bore out an 82mm block to 88mm? I suspect the castings are different between the two and there would not be enough "meat" in the cylinder wall to bore that much out though. That's how they must have started because everything else is the same: crankshaft, sump etc. T...

It doesn't sound like anything really bad going on in there, everything is within 6psi, on this side of the pond that would not be cause for alarm, if #1 was at like 20psi lower the rest there would be an issue. I always take compression readings on an old engine and then add a bit of motor oil to t...

What a deal [-( I don't know how the used engine market is over there but over here I don't buy an engine without planning on rebuilding it myself! One person's "rebuilt engine that runs great" is a worn out boat anchor to another ~X( I've been there... these days I take apart every engine I buy to ...

I have 2 GAZ automobiles located in nothwest Arkansas. Hi Gaznusa, a warm welcome to our forum. Good to have some (more) Amis loving Russian vehicles :-BD . Could we see some pics of your vehicles? PS: Btw, where's Lahti35? FYI, he's an authorithy in the USA concerning the inside of Gaz engines :-B...

Sha-zam!

p.s. many vehicles especially older ones, have a built in point on the inlet manifold somewhere-just a bolt filling a threaded hole in the manifold itself-series lr etc often have it etc-but not always. If I have understood Haymish correctly, the best such point in the Gaz would be that small silve...

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tascabe wrote:Damn - I don't really NEED this - but I want it.

Especially since one of my projects this year is to refit my GAZ-69 back to NVA proper configuration.

Thats the same reason I bought it for....lol But i've gone soviet and cannot go back

For covering your windscreen when not in use. Condition is excellent, it was never used. Made of the dark green rubberized material with leather straps that go around the bottom to hold it in place. I bought it years agp but have never once used it and just keep moving it around the basement :ban $1...

Remove spring #42. Part #41 will pull out with no trouble now, let it droop down and hang. Now undo the bolts that hold #40 on the bell housing and then give it a yank and pull it straight out. It has a spring that clips over #38 that causes some resistance when removing

I cut mine off and fitted a modern polish thrust bearing that runs without that grease cup

I like those! I'm going to have to see if I can source some here in the US... My Pneumants are getting pretty rotten!

Spring #37 is just the thrust bearing return spring... and its a bugger to install. Its almost easier to unbolt the tranny, pull it out, and then install that spring! The fork that actuates the thrust bearing should not let it turn even with the spring disconected becase the thrust bearing has "ears...

Geronimo wrote:
Filling gear oil in axles, transfer case, gear box and steering house went without problems and much easier without the car body. But it remains a time consuming activity to pour nearly 4 l into vertical filler openings.

Yes it does!

hello today was another discovery day, I still have an identification number probably from NVA that was hiden behind my old French's identification plate. http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1220/p5170154.jpg I am VERY envious of your discovery! :clap: My best guess is that it is an East German tactical...

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