fiat500

I usually make videos of all my trips. I plan on doing that and making a big post on here with a bunch of pictures once I make home...

They would make a noise when starting off and might go quiet when coasting out of gear. The sudden thrust when putting in gear whilst...

You're hardy Robert, (as we say in Scotland). :) I could speculate about all sorts of internal gearbox issues, which I assume you have...

This shouldn't be too difficult to sort out. If you have a wiring diagram for the older wiring, compare this with a wiring diagram for...

First long drive today. Oh, the Joy of accelerating, and on the overrun.... silence. No more pop pop pop BANG. Only now i realise how...

I can't see the image, but I can see it's an ad, and I guess that you're trying to promote the sale of the car. ;)

I agree that the whole bonnet catch opening setup is a pretty shaky design. I like the look of your modification.

The bonnet catch on my 500R was not reliable, probably because the pressed steel hook had been bent and straightened several times. I...

Some progress at last. After a bit of thinking, I've devised the Poor Man's Dyno(tm); a hill and counting. I drive up the hill in 2nd...

Installed the original exhaust and again i'm the popping stopping man. Victory at last.

The "spring-loaded brass screw" is NOT the "fuel enrichmant" device---this is the idle mixture enrichment device---starting with it at...

By TDC the points should be closed again, so that is correct. :)

Thanks Peter. Yep - it’s all assembled and I readjusted the valve clearances again last night. I reckon I put the distributor back...

Is the engine asembled? You should be able to trust the mark on the oil-filter cover when aligned with the arrow on the timing cover...

Thanks again Toshi. Got it all back together, bolted it back on the car only for the mounting stud through the top of the carb to strip...