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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #901
Trabant Mike Trabant Mike UK Sign in to contact	Nov 6, 2017 04:26 PM Joined 10 years ago 72 Posts

I've managed to fix my fuelling issue, or so it seems! Fuel is now getting to the carb fortunately.

The bad news is that it's still not starting. Part of this seems to be down to a dead battery. So I've ordered a new one to be fitted as soon as it arrives.

I tried jump starting it, which seemed to bring a little more life into the starter when connected, but it still wouldn't fire. Once disconnected, the battery went dead. A trip the the garage confirmed that the battery needed replacing.

What a pain in the arse! I've only managed just under 60km since the MOT!!!

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #902
slowmosteve Steve Moses Bingham, Nottinghamshire, UK Sign in to contact	Nov 6, 2017 05:29 PM Joined 8 years ago 416 Posts

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I now have the option of 0-60 mph in 21 seconds OR

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I can do 0 - 60 mph in 2.9 seconds. Depends on my mood to ride one of the slowest or one of the fastest production road machines.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #903
kev the builder Kev Lowther Worksop, nottinghamshire, UK Sign in to contact 1977 Trabant 601 kombi 1977 Trabant 601 Standard Universal	Nov 7, 2017 12:58 AM Joined 9 years ago 611 Posts

Hmm life is full of decisions fast or slow?i must be getting old as I've sold my modern fast bikes and got older slower ones

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #904
jseabolt James Seabolt Mount Carmel, TN, USA Sign in to contact 1968 Ford Fairlane 500 1971 Citroen 2CV6 1977 MG MGB 1977 MG MGB & more	Nov 10, 2017 07:06 AM Joined 7 years ago 2,650 Posts

With my fusebox, the contacts were so bad, the ends of the wires had to be touching the ends of the fuses before they would make contact. After dealing with the LH headlamp going out, I installed an ATO fusebox and haven't had any issues since. I have these photos on Photobucket but nobody can see to access their webpage anymore unless they pay $33 a month! I'll have to post them here from my computer.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #905
ummeli Tom Cochrane Columbus, OH, USA Sign in to contact 1980 Trabant 601-S	Dec 5, 2017 04:00 PM Joined 9 years ago 88 Posts

If you haven't already done so, replace the battery cables. The originals are garbage.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #906
ummeli Tom Cochrane Columbus, OH, USA Sign in to contact 1980 Trabant 601-S	Dec 10, 2017 04:21 PM Joined 9 years ago 88 Posts

I'm still working on finding the problem -- left side headlight and taillight are still not working. I've got the wiring diagram so that should make my life a little easier.

In reply to a post by kev the builder, post: 22826, member: 1529 The fuses also have a habit of moving and loosing contact it's worth checking them out

Regarding the fuses and the fuse box, is there any way to swap out the original fuse box for something new like this ATC/ATO one? My Trabi is a 1980 601-S 6V.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #907
Berlin89 Doug M Burlington, WI, USA Sign in to contact 1989 Trabant 601	Dec 10, 2017 04:26 PM Joined 9 years ago 117 Posts

Last ride of the year today. Ran the carb out of gas, drained the tank, removed the battery.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #908
RogerDerSchrauber Roger Fuller Northborough, MA, USA Sign in to contact 1989 Trabant 601 DeLuxe	Dec 10, 2017 04:34 PM Joined 10 years ago 573 Posts

I am about to do that, too, but am getting the brake fluid changed and front brakes done tomorrow first.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #909
jseabolt James Seabolt Mount Carmel, TN, USA Sign in to contact 1968 Ford Fairlane 500 1971 Citroen 2CV6 1977 MG MGB 1977 MG MGB & more	Dec 11, 2017 03:03 AM Joined 7 years ago 2,650 Posts

In reply to a post by ummeli, post: 63070, member: 1706 I'm still working on finding the problem -- left side headlight and taillight are still not working. I've got the wiring diagram so that should make my life a little easier.

Regarding the fuses and the fuse box, is there any way to swap out the original fuse box for something new like this ATC/ATO one? My Trabi is a 1980 601-S 6V.

Yes I have one of those on my car. You need the one that has the spade terminals pointed vertically though.

Photobucket has gotten to the point they bombard you with pop up windows and won't allow you to post individual photos on forums. If you can't see it in this album, I'll pull it off my computer and upload it.

http://s222.photobucket.com/user/turbofiat/library/Trabant/6%20volt%20alternator?sort=2&page=1

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #910
ummeli Tom Cochrane Columbus, OH, USA Sign in to contact 1980 Trabant 601-S	Dec 11, 2017 03:30 PM Joined 9 years ago 88 Posts

In reply to a post by turbofiat124, post: 63083, member: 777 Yes I have one of those on my car. You need the one that has the spade terminals pointed vertically though.

Are those 10A fuses in the picture? Do you have a 12V Trabi?

Mine Trabi is a 6V and all the fuses are 8A (I think - I'm not so good at reading electrical schematics).

As far as I can tell the only 8A bladed fuse boxes are replacements for old VW equipment, and take only ceramic fuses. :-(

The only 8-way bladed fuse box for 8A ceramic fuses that I can find costs US$49.50 from ozautoelectrics.com. Definitely more than I want to pay.

If you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #911
Rezzato Rezzato Location not set Sign in to contact	Dec 11, 2017 06:28 PM Joined 11 years ago 59 Posts

I dynamated the whole Trabant. Well rather used a product called Noico. It's much cheaper and works the same.
The Trabant is noticeably more quiet. I added about 40lb in noise deadener. The quieter ride, solid feeling, and lack of rattles is worth the extra 40lb in weight.
I only did this because I drive my Trabant three to four times a week.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #912
jseabolt James Seabolt Mount Carmel, TN, USA Sign in to contact 1968 Ford Fairlane 500 1971 Citroen 2CV6 1977 MG MGB 1977 MG MGB & more	Dec 12, 2017 01:36 AM Joined 7 years ago 2,650 Posts

Mine is still 6 volt for the time being but will eventually be converted to 12 volts when the battery dies. As far as I know they don't make 8 amp ATO type fuses. I just use 10 amp and they have been ok. Keep in mind most of the wiring on a 6 volt trabbi is the US equivalent of 12 and 10 AWG size which can handle allot more than 10 amps anyway. The fuses are there to protect the wiring more than the actual circuit. I did some testing tonight with an accurate meter on my LED headlights and fog light bulbs. Both high beams and the auxiliary lights pull less than 2 amps. The transformer is rated at 4 amps so I should be OK.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #913
ummeli Tom Cochrane Columbus, OH, USA Sign in to contact 1980 Trabant 601-S	Dec 12, 2017 01:42 PM Joined 9 years ago 88 Posts

In reply to a post by turbofiat124, post: 63106, member: 777 Keep in mind most of the wiring on a 6 volt trabbi is the US equivalent of 12 and 10 AWG size which can handle allot more than 10 amps anyway. The fuses are there to protect the wiring more than the actual circuit.

I'll be darned. I had no idea. Maybe I'll just buy an 8-way fuse box for 10 amp bladed fuses and install that instead. I really dislike those old ceramic 8 amp fuses.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #914
ummeli Tom Cochrane Columbus, OH, USA Sign in to contact 1980 Trabant 601-S	Dec 19, 2017 01:39 PM Joined 9 years ago 88 Posts

In reply to a post by ummeli, post: 63070, member: 1706 I'm still working on finding the problem -- left side headlight and taillight are still not working. I've got the wiring diagram so that should make my life a little easier.

Problem solved. Looking at the wiring schematics I noticed that the left side of the Trabi is wired differently than the right. Weird.

Anyway, once I figured that out it was easy to get things working properly.

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Re: What Have You Done To Your Trabi Lately? #915
Andrewwoey Andrewwoey Location not set Sign in to contact	Jan 13, 2018 05:04 PM Joined 8 years ago 195 Posts

Today i have put a new driveshaft hinge and a new hub on the trabi. Last weekend i put on a new fuse box.

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