australian lada niva forum

83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Sat May 16, 2009 9:52 pm

Name: Trev

Model: 1983 Lada Niva

Colour: Midnight Blue

Engine Type: 1.6 Ltr Carby

Gearbox: 5 Spd Manual

Diff: Standard

Brakes: Standard

Suspension: Standard

Wheels/Tyres: 15" Suzuki's

Interior: Standard

Other Mods: Big Ass Bullbar, Spotties, Upgraded Fuse Box System

Stereo: Pioneer CD MP3 Player, VS Commodore 6" Speakers in Doors, GME TX4400 40 Channel UHF

Future Mods: 1.8 Ltr fiat twin cam engine, Higher profile tyres, Better Speaker System

83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Sat May 16, 2009 9:55 pm

1, Fuse box ripped out and replaced with a new fuse system all wiring, relays, switches, lights all electrics checked, cleaned etc etc the lada now uses the plastic type fuses ALOT better prick of a job though

2, 5 speed gearbox put in found out the fiat twin cam motor was siezed in piston #4 so today i ripped the head off to find stacks of rust in the #4 chamber wass'nt pretty but believe it or not my father and I got this thing cleaned up and all pistons move freely again :O do have pics will post them up as soon as i can but i didnt get any pics of what the chamber looked like before the clean up so im spewing but managed to get a pic of the head which will show how badly #4 was head was also siezed but got that free'd up aswell

3, Brakes OMG what a nightmare have virtually replaced the complete brake system then the other night when we took it for a test run we blew one of the front caliper piston rubber seals so they got replaced

4, New underfelt been put in throughout

5, new rear panel been welded on to replace the real rusted one that was on there

These are the problems that still need to be sorted out
1.8ltr fiat engine rebuilt obviously
Carpet

83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Sat May 16, 2009 9:58 pm

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83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Sat May 16, 2009 10:02 pm

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83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Sat May 16, 2009 10:07 pm

Pioneer stereo
gx4400 uhf
A spare wheel and tyre i found laying on the ground at a local wreckers for $45

83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Sat May 16, 2009 10:14 pm

all wheels off ready for a air brake bleed
The home made air compressed bleeding system
And a pic of the new fuse setup we did

bobbyd · by **bobbyd** on Sun May 17, 2009 9:11 am

That engine wasn't at the end of someones anchor rope was it?
just joking!!

83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Sun May 17, 2009 1:58 pm

Thanks for the comment

No in the 5 years of laying around the motor was in a parts car and well lets just say some water got into the carby grrrrr

I am thinking about scrapping the 1.8 ltr engine conversion anyway and rebuilding the 1.6 it needs a oil pump badly though anyone know where i can get parts to rebuild the motor cheap or get it rebuilt cheap cheers if not ill probably just wack an oil pump in it and run it into the ground from there

Lada & Korean Parts · by **Lada & Korean Parts** on Mon May 18, 2009 8:40 am

parts are cheap to rebuild the 1600 motor

of course,we have pumps etc.in stock

main problem with oil pressure (as in a lot of cars) is non gen. oil filters.

we had another niva in on sat.morning with oil pressure problems.oil light coming on/flickering.
the customer wanted a new oil pump for it,we had a bit of a "disagreement" about non gen filters (he had a ryco on it),so in the end he bought a genuine filter,fitted it here,& straight away noticed the difference with oil pressure on the guage,& no more oil light coming on.
in fact,he phoned me few minutes ago to thank me for saving him money & time,& the oil light hasn't come on since.....

83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Mon May 18, 2009 5:18 pm

Thanks Andy well if you can send a filter down here ill see if thats the problem thank you

my pressure is low but i dont have the oil lightcoming on flickering

Lilscottie · by **Lilscottie** on Tue May 19, 2009 10:46 pm

Great too see this restore..

Good to know more and more Aussie are valueing the lil Lada's and taking good care of em' and fixing em.

Lada & Korean Parts · by **Lada & Korean Parts** on Wed May 20, 2009 9:02 am

i'll have to get you to send me some details if you want a filter sent

andy

83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Mon May 25, 2009 1:54 pm

Just bought a second lada ill get pics up soon thousands of $$$ spent on it comes with a spare 5 spd gearbox, spare transfer case, 5 brand new sunraysier rims with 2 new tyres cheers

83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Tue May 26, 2009 7:18 pm

Here it is the 1990 lada niva the owner lives in canada and comes over here to visit him mum every now and then and he uses this while he's over here but now his mum wants to move out and where shes moving to there will be no room for this so $500 later im the new owner ill give it a cut and polish and it should come up good in the end and with very little work she should be a nifty little 4x4

83ladaniva · by **83ladaniva** on Tue May 26, 2009 7:25 pm

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