Auto Moto Service

My article on the so-called separate lubrication system for a two-stroke engine was published in “Modelist-Konstruktor” No. 7, 1991. However, I still receive letters from readers interested in additional information about the equipment for it. As the mail analysis showed, practically everyone experiences difficulties when manufacturing parts of the metering device—turned fittings, needle, etc. I Read more…

The owner of a light moped (or, according to modern classification — a mo-vel, that is, a motorized bicycle), equipped with a D-8 engine, eventually notices that their two-wheeled machine doesn’t start easily enough, sometimes can’t pull uphill or poorly overcomes off-road conditions. And starting the engine with bicycle pedals, on the go, is not Read more…

To convert the motorcycle to a batteryless setup I purchased: an AC generator 43.3701 (from Minsk or Voskhod motorcycles), two thyristor ignition modules KET-1, a BKS-261.3764 unit, an inductive pickup, plus 12 V lamps and a horn. You can also make a 12 V generator from two G427 units taken off older motorcycles: use one Read more…

Such a roof rack will be of interest to car owners who do not have a garage and are forced to leave their steel “horse” outdoors overnight. Most of them equip their cars with an alarm system. However, it often goes off even from a passing truck or a powerful clap of thunder, disturbing the Read more…

Car enthusiasts and owners of agricultural machinery know first-hand how great the danger of suddenly ending up without wheels is. That is why they are ready to go to any lengths and spend money in search of patented “secrets” (fortunately, their number has long been in the hundreds), just to protect their cars from intruders. Read more…

The operating life of lead acid batteries largely depends on their proper operation. According to technical conditions, it is unacceptable to discharge one section below 1.7-1.8 V. Charging with a current significantly exceeding 1/10 of the nominal battery capacity, expressed in A*h, causes the electrolyte to boil. This happens, for example, when the relay regulator Read more…

If the electric iron has served its purpose, but the heater in it is still working, use it in a new role – a vulcanizer. It’s not at all difficult to do this. Cut a bracket from five-millimeter steel (see figure), weld a cylindrical boss to it on top, and a strip of metal 50 Read more…

Typically, garage doors have two heavy leaves that open outward. Every car enthusiast knows how much trouble they cause, especially in winter. Snow accumulates on the area in front of the garage, ice freezes on the doors, lock, and handles. You have to tinker a lot to get the car out. By abandoning the traditional Read more…