Logo rotaautoservice.com
Category: Test drive

Ferdinand - Savior And Tormentor

2024

Video: Ferdinand - Savior And Tormentor

Video: Ferdinand - Savior And Tormentor
Video: Фердинанд Гейльбют 2024, March
Ferdinand - Savior And Tormentor
Ferdinand - Savior And Tormentor
Anonim

CLUB OF CAR FANS

/ OWNER'S EYES

FERDINAND - SAVIOR AND TURNER

THIS BUS EASY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPLICATED THE LIFE OF THE FAMILY Kindergarten

TEXT / VICTOR ZELENUKOV

A gift that we could not even dream of, which turned our life upside down, made it richer and a little easier - the ZIL-325010 bus “Bull-calf” with its own name “Ferdinand”. The present was given to us by the editors of the magazine “Behind the Wheel”, whose employees became our friends. By the way, thanks to the mediation of the editorial office, the Avesto-M company replaced the heater for us, the Mosavtosteklo factory changed the substandard glasses, Power International sent the battery, and all this is completely free (ZR, No. 4, 8, 12 for 2000).

It's time to tell how Ferdinand lived. Mileage for the year amounted to more than 25 thousand kilometers. The appetite is quite moderate: in the country, with a not very economical driving mode, it fit into 15.5 liters of diesel per hundred, in the city - about eighteen. Oil consumed what is prescribed according to the instructions, no semisynthetics or synthetics. The engine oil has been changed four times already, and it was not necessary to add it between replacements. On this, perhaps, the positive qualities of the bus end, and although we love him very much, only curses will go on. Sometimes you regret that the lexicon of the magazine is limited by decency.

After a month of operation, there was no trace of black paint on the bumpers and rims, after two - rust appeared in many places of the body, moreover, not subject to oncoming blows of small stones. Now no one will say that the bus is a little over a year old, it looks so old. The roof had to be bolted - it began to come off. The magazine has repeatedly written about the low quality of Moscow tires "Magistral" (ZR, 2000, No. 9, p. 139; 2001, No. 4, p. 178). On our bus, such tires lasted from eight to ten thousand kilometers - and this is mileage ?! On the sidewalls bumps were blown up, and one tire was generally out of order, having exploded! In the first week of operation, the outer bearing of the right front hub is jammed. The reason is a bursting bearing cage. In this case, the lubrication was normal, the bearing was adjusted correctly. I checked it myself, because as it happened in our country in Russia, you need to stretch a new car and adjust everything again. Therefore, a bursting bearing was delivered at the factory.

The starter anchor shaft was clearly not subjected to heat treatment. As a result, at the next start of the engine, this shaft bent, the overrunning clutch of the starter disintegrated. It all happened in a winter, cold evening on a deserted road. Our whole family is on the bus. There is no way to start from a tug. I had to push an almost five-ton colossus. Twelve children plus a wife - this, of course, is power: they dispersed and started! Fortunately, the starter was changed under warranty for a week.

Most of all the troubles were brought by the electric parking brake drive. In the most inappropriate places, it suddenly worked, that is, the current in the electromagnet of the air valve disappeared. I had to climb under the bus and brake the handbrake. The winding of the electromagnet is made non-separable, as it is filled with plastic. But to disassemble non-separable and repair is not subject to repair - this is our national hobby. Tapping lightly on the body of the electromagnet, I determined the approximate place of contact loss, then melted the plastic with an electric soldering iron and fixed the malfunction. But the contact was lost elsewhere, and the moment came when I could not find the fault. Apparently, according to its characteristics, the electromagnet is not intended for prolonged exposure to voltage. I had to arbitrarily change the system and put the usual KAMAZ parking brake valve.

Once the radiator dripped. Its upper tank is inserted into a kind of bath, and then sealed. So, this bath did not have a piece of a board 12 centimeters long. I cut a suitable patch from brass and soldered it. The radiator has a very rigid mount, therefore, remembering the “experienced tips”, I left three out of four mounting points. While the radiator is no longer flowing.

The first trip to Moscow, when I was driving for about ten hours, showed that I couldn’t sit in the driver’s seat for more than two or three hours in a row. If ZIL cannot make normal chairs, then why not buy them at least from the Gazelle? After a trip, I bought myself under the Recaro ad for three hundred rubles. Over time, maybe I’ll find one for the salon.

"Torpedo" is made of black rough plastic, to match his instrument panel. The slightest dust is immediately visible on a black background, and there is no way to wipe it well. I glued all this with a self-adhesive film "under the tree." A completely different view - and it became much easier to clean.

Recommended:

New

Free Tribe

EQUIPMENTTuningMADE FROM UAZFREE TRIBALEXANDER BUDKIN. PHOTO OF THE AUTHORForeign companies that give personality to cars and their bodies are often called the beautiful word "atelier". At best, their domestic counterparts get a modest “tuning company”. Mea

Read More
Dozen Bavarian

Test drive the flagship BMW sedan with a twelve-cylinder engine

Read More
Editor'S Choice
  • What To Do With Road Boors?
    2024

    Shock, stress, panic. Video hosting of Runet is full of showdowns in which some drivers cannot share the road with others. Fights, stabbing, shooting from traumatic weapons on the road - alas, almost no Russian motorist is safe from this. We conducted our own survey among readers of “Behind the Wheel. Russia” on this subject, and at the same time we asked experts to comment on it

  • Video Capture Cameras Have Become A Means Of Profit
    2024

    Regional authorities have turned the installation of video recording cameras into a feeder for the local budget. They do not affect road safety

  • Unreadable Number Will Lead To A Penalty Parking
    2024

    Duputat Vyacheslav Lysakov offers to send cars with unreadable numbers to the parking lot

  • Statistics: Nothing Stagnation?
    2024

    The annual rating shows that in 2012 the revenue of the 400 largest Russian companies grew by 10.4%. Read more in the article

  • Blondes Will Be Trained To Manage Traction Balance
    2024

    Driving schools go broke with the introduction of new programs. Teaching to professionals is a redundant, imposed service. The corruption price of rights will increase

  • Secrets Of The Master: Patching
    2024

    What can you do on your own, and with what problems is it better to contact specialists? Details in the article

Best reviews for the week
Popular for the day