Lada VAZ2121 manual

Driver s Manual for the Niva 1600 (Vaz 2121 series) Operator s Manual[...]

This Manual contains a description of the Lada Niva car, description of its’ parts, driving tips and specifications. T his Manual was scanned from an original Manual supplied with a 1989 Niva 160 0. Some details may have changed for subsequent Niva models, n ota bl y the N iva 1700 Bushmaster. This Manual complements the Niva Maintenance Manual w[...]

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Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 1 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ......................................... 2 IMPORTANT NOTICES ............................. 2 DESCRIPTION ............................................ 6 IDENTIFICATION DATA ........................... 6 L UBRICATING SYSTEM . ................................. 7 F UEL SYS[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 2 INTRODUCTION The VAZ2121 is a comfortable, high speed, al l wheel drive, c ro ss country, economy c a r intended to carry passengers and loads on paved roads of any kind and on dirt roads. The c a r design makes i t possible to operate the car at ambient t emperatures r anging from pl us 45"C do[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 3 After negotiating a deep (0.5 m) ford, check before a trip for water in the power transmission units. Do it by loosening the drain plugs until drops appear. Oil drops indicate that there is no water in the unit. Do not overload the car in excess of the specified limits. Overloading results in damage [...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 4 insufficient oil pressure in the engine lubricating system. Extremely important! Never r u n the car with the low oil pressure warning lamp on! This will cause rapid e n g i n e wear which will cease the engine resulting in total engine destruction! Take care of the tyre pressure since driving on und[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 5 To prevent blowing of the fuse and damage t o the voltage regulator contacts, observe th e following rules: • Do not check the voltage regulator for serviceability b y short circuiting its terminals "15" and "67" • Do not interchange the wires running to terminals "67&quo[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 6 DESCRIPTION This section contains description of parts of the Niva 1600 - (Vaz 2121). Explanations a re given o f w hat things are, not necessarily how they wo rk. See the Instruments and controls section for information on how to operate them - Jason. jason_chapman@hotmail.com IDENTIFICATION DATA Id[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 7 Lubricating system. The system is of co m bination (splash-and-force) type: bearings of crankshaft, camshaft and accessory drive shaft are f orc e-l ub ric ate d; cylinders, valve gear and its drive are s p l a s h - lubricated, A gear o i l pump with an oi l intake strainer and a reducing valve in t[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 8 Transmission Clutch. The clutch is si ng le plate, dry, with diaphragm pressure spring, and is hydraulically controlled. Gearbox. The gearbox is four speed, a ll forward gears synchro-meshed The gearshift lever is m ounted on the floor tunnel. Gear ratios: 1st gear 3.667; 2nd gear 2.100; 3rd gear1.36[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 9 Wheels Wheels are of drop forged disc type. The rim size is 127-J406 (5J-16). The wheel is fastened with five nuts. The spare wheel is in the engine compartment. Tyres are cross-ply 6.9516 (175-406), or radial-ply 175/801116. Brakes Used in the car is a two circuit hydraulic brake system. Service bra[...]

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Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 11 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 Æ h) at 2 0h discharge rate. The current output a t intensive discharge in cold state (minus 18"C) is 255 A. Alternator Is an enclosed t ype ma[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 12 Body Body three door, unitized (anodised?), a ll 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 w indshield and back window are scenaramic. T h e triplex windshield and heat [...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 13 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 transfer differential lock lever; 10 transfer range sh[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 14 2. direction indicator switch lever. When the lever is shifted to position A, the R.H. direction indicators are ON and w hen it is shifted to position B, the L.H. direction indicators are ON. When the car recovers from a turn the lever automatically returns to the initial position. This can also be [...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 15 10 transfer range shift lever.[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 16 11. parking brake lever. On shifting the lever upwards, the brake shoes of the rear wheels are applied. With th e ignition ON, this is indicated by the parking brake warning lam p on the instrument panel. T o return the lever to the initial position, depress the button at the lever handle end. O n s[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 17 28 coolant temperature gauge. Passing o f the pointer into the red zone of the scale indicates engine over heating. I f th i s is the case, check the alternator drive belt for proper tension, and if the drive belt is tensioned properly, check the cooling system. 29 brake fluid low level warning lamp[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 18 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 la mp stays ON with the engine running, the alternator drive belt is slack or the alternator is faulty. From experience t hi s i s most often caused b y a[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 19 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 instrument lighting ON, a special lamp illuminates the [...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 20 A PPOINTMENTS Sun visors Are intended t o protect the d riv er and passenger from t h e dazzling sun. In case of head o n 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) ensures observation of th e road behind the[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 21 co nt rol li ng the air intake p o r t cover i s shifted to the right. Shifting the lever righ t wards increases the supply of the outside air through the heater radiator; through the heater grille if the l id is opened by m eans o f lever 5 , w ith lower lever 4 shifted to the right. Turning of t h[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 22 if necessary, cut in the heater fan with switch 2; open the heater li d w ith lever 5 . H o t air will be directed t o t h e driver’s and passengers’ feet zone, as well as onto the windshield. T o speed up warming o f the windshield, close the heater lid. If t h e ambient air temperature is very[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 23 compartment area proceed as follows: p ress off seat retainers 1 shift the front seats forward and place the rear seat with its backrest in position II; shift the front seats re arwa rd and mak e their positions convenient. Engine hood To open the engine hood, pull lever 4 8 (Fig. 4 ) , raise hood 1[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 24 OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS . Starting the engine from cold Pump some fuel into the carburettor float chamber by operating hand priming lever 1 (Fig. 19) several t im es. It is advisable to per form th e above operation after a long standstill of the car. Set the gearshift lever in the neutral and depre[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 25 and rear ax le s gets warmed up and be comes less viscous which is absolutely necessary for normal lubrication of the gears. Then unlock the differential, change t o the high in the transfer case and throw the gearshift lever into higher gears in succession. T o back the car depress the gearshift le[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 26 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 m otion, 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 heavy r[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 27 Adjusting the spark advance angle While in service, som etimes i t becomes necessary to adjust the spark advance angle in order to suit t h e quality of the fuel used. Perform adjustment on a war med u p engine. Driving the car in the high gear o n a level road a t a speed of 50 km/h, abruptly depre[...]

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Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 29 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 less fuel, oil, coolant and accessories), kg 1,07[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 30 *For Short Trips **With 330kg luggage c a rried, 7 0 k g of it should be placed on the front seat, and the remaining 260 k g should be uniformly distributed over t he entire luggage compartment floor. *** As measured b y applying special technique.[...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 31 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 53.7 (73.0) Maximum torque, ISO 158582, at 3,400 [...]

Lada Niva Driver s Manual Jason Chapman Pa g e 32 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 under 100 N (10 kgf), mm 10-15 Spark plug gap, mm[...]