FIAT 127 SPORT

MISCELLANEOUS

If it is 60 or more km/h, a wind enters very well from a triangular vent window.
And if it is 100 km/h, even if it does not turn fan, fresh air which can be regarded as 
whether it is connected directly outside enters from air vent.
Even if I say so, it is severe to drive a car without an air-conditioner 
with black body and interior.

The front window is verticality, so, if high-speed, wind noise is loud.
However, engine sound is also as noisy as it, because the gear ratio is a low setup 
called 4600rpm(4th) to 100km/h.
Therefore I had been wanting a 5th gear and ear plugs. 
(If the partition of engine room and the air intake into a room are covered with 
 heat insulation and/or sound absorbing material, it will be improved merely for a while.) 

A fuel warning light is turned on by residual quantity 7L for 30.5L of full capacity.
Although it is a little annoying, it is good rather than there is no warning.
Fuel consumption was about 15 km/liter. So, I could drive about 400km without gas stop. 

The narrow door mirror of a view is inconvenient.

Since there are many splashes raisings by the rear window, a rear wiper is very useful. 

The car come with 3 keys, one for an ignition, and others are for a fuel filler cap and an antenna.
What is the key for an antenna?
The antenna is embedded at the root of an A pillar.
Once it is pushed in, it cannot be lengthened, unless a key(like a flat screwdriver) will cancel a lock.

The place of a spare tyre(135SR13) and a jack is in an engine room. 
Therefore, it is the front heaviness of front 63 : after 37.

The air horn made by FIAMM was attached. 
It seemed that it was unsuitable for sounding short quickly,
since there will be time lag by the time a motor sends air to a horn.

A washer tank is a bag formula like a water pillow. 


Seemingly a small/turn lens unit of the front of the Biturbo family Maserati 
are the diversion parts from FIAT 127. 
The left picture is maserati 430 and the right one is FIAT 127. 

Mase Small Lens 127 Small Lens






TROUBLE

It is the trouble experienced when I owned once upon a time. 
127Sport which I owned were the used car of 37000km and 7years old runs. 


1)A fuel pump (mechanical) stroke is insufficient
  Although there is nothing by the part throttle,
  when the passing cars on the high-way or acceleration continued,
  it caused out of gasoline by the fuel short supply to a float chamber in carburettor. 
  Stalling immediately after passing cars is hard.

2)Leak from a heater core and a water pump
  In proportion to time and mileage, 
  a reserve tank became empty at 3week and/or 500km,
  but leak marks were not found around a radiator.
  I made it check in a maintenance shop and it found leak places. 

3)Failure of a reversing light switch
  At first, As it thought that a lamp or contact was poor, 
  it was failure of the reversing light switch on a gear box. 
  If it exchanges, it is attached to the nasty position.
  It seemed it could exchange without removing a brake master cylinder,
  but it could not do without removing.

4)Starter motor failure    
  Because the starter motor axle hole was worn away,
  the starter gear did not engage to the ring gear well.
  Then, the starter motor sometimes did not turn.
  The part cost (sleeve of an axle hole) itself was 200Yen. 

5)Alternator regulator failure
  Someday a battery charge lamp turn on,
  but battery charge was performed without the problem. 
  It seemed only a circuit for charge lamp was broken.
  (It was used the regulator made by LUCAS.)

6)Front sheet spring breakage
  One of wires supporting the cushion of a driver's seat broke off.
  I made a trade of a driver's seat for a passenger's one.

7)Rear window washer pump failure
  Washer liquid did not come out of it, although a pump turns.
  I did not mind not to come out liquid, I left as it was.






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