UAZ from conservation: maintenance

UAZ cars were always famous for their high cross-country ability. And it does not matter, "Bobik" is a "loaf". Even modern "Patriots" can give odds to foreign "Toyota" and "Nissan" with their imitation of all-wheel drive and locks. Should I buy UAZ from conservation in military units? Let's find out.

Features

This kind of technique has many pitfalls. Automobiles UAZ-469 (military, with conservation) is a double-edged sword. Before buying such a machine you need to carefully perform its external inspection. If all conditions were met during the storage of the vehicle, regular maintenance and repair were performed, such models are quite suitable for further use. Often this technique is of interest to fishermen and hunters - people who have high traffic in priority. Buy to build a car for off-road - install a large mud rubber, wide wheels, power bumper, winch and other attributes of SUVs. We can not talk about comfort in UAZ. Therefore UAZ is a car exclusively for trips outside the city, where there are no roads - to the forest, the lake, the river.

Maintenance

This operation should be carried out with any UAZ technique. How to determine if the car was being repaired or serviced prior to purchase or is it just a "trash" technique? First, you should pay attention to the condition of rubber spare parts. These are the pipes of the cooling system (they must be soft, without cracks), seals, silent blocks and other rubber bands. Pay attention to the fuel tank: if there was no petrol during the inspection, this does not have the best effect on its condition. Capacity can simply rust. A gas tank repair is a very serious thing. Nuts - on them, too, is to "throw a glance." If they are rusty, then when you remove a specific node or element, they have to be cut off by a Bulgarian or drilled.

Suspension and gearbox

Secondly, you should check the driving performance of the car. Just note that the military UAZ from the conservation - the technique is not on every day. Even with due care of riding it every day is very difficult - the "military roots" give it to know. Maintenance must be carried out on the gearbox and undercarriage. If the transmission does not change the oil, after a while the synchronizers will fail. How is this determined? To do this, it is necessary to accelerate, switching to 4 or 3 gears, and then, removing the foot from the accelerator pedal, without subassemblies, turn on the lowered. Transmission should go smoothly, not tight, and even more so without crunches. The presence of at least one of these signs indicates the wear of the synchronizers. Perhaps the gearbox and did not operate at all without oil. Also, maintenance of the UAZ car ("loaf") from conservation is reduced to the replacement of oil in the rear axle reducer. Examine his external state: he should not leak, leaving a fat oily trail at the bottom. The leaking bridges are visible from afar.

Replacement of this node can cost several tens of thousands of rubles. Also see the condition of the propeller shaft. The machine is then set to neutral transmission. The shaft should not have any backlashes and deformation marks. Crossings - must be pasted and lubricated. Any displacement of the cardan shaft entails an imbalance - the car shakes at a speed, it becomes uncontrollable.

Deception of the buyer

Often you can find ads "Sell UAZ-469 from conservation". However, with proper examination, it turns out that there is no preservation at the car and never was. It's just an old UAZ, got to resellers, who painted it anew and put it on new rubber, selling under the guise of a new car. However, the dead transmission without synchronizers, rusty nuts under the hood and a "broken" bridge speak for themselves. Ask the seller for documents confirming that this car belongs to a certain military unit. So you will protect yourself from the scams of scammers who are trying to sell you scrap metal under the guise of an almost new car.

Further maintenance

To ensure that the UAZ you have purchased has been serviced for as long as possible, it is necessary to carry out its maintenance:

• Carry out an external inspection of the car: Corroded areas should be painted over, after removing the rust itself. If possible, complete anti-corrosion treatment. This is especially true for large cities, where tons of chemical reagents are poured onto the road in winter. The layer of "anticorruption" will reliably protect the UAZ car body from rotting. Rust is the worst enemy for metal, and even more so if it is a car body.
• Unscrew the spark plugs. If they have developed their resource, they have traces of wear, plaque, carbon deposits, etc., they must be replaced with new ones.
• Replace the engine oil. Remember that with the new lubricant, the filter is also changed. For the winter pour more liquid oil, in the summer - on the contrary. Also note the presence of oil stains. If the machine consumes a lot of lubrication per thousand kilometers, it is possible to break one of the gaskets in the engine.
• Check the condition of the steering rods. Lyuftov and deformations on them should not be.
• Go to the slope and put the car on the parking brake. If the handbrake does not hold, you should tighten it with adjusting bolts. But sometimes even this procedure does not save - the output is the installation of a new parking brake cable .
• Check the condition of the battery - the electrolytes in it must be filled evenly, in all 6 holes. For the winter it is recommended to put a more powerful battery with a large amperage. Then starting the car in cold weather will not bring difficulties.

Brakes

It is necessary to check the wear of brake pads - they have "slots-indicators", if they are visible - the friction material should be replaced with a new one. After the replacement, it is necessary to "pump" the braking system. The presence of air intakes on it will considerably worsen the work of the pistons moving the pads to the disk. Also remember that this liquid is hygroscopic and absorbs moisture well - it needs to be changed from time to time. Buying a military UAZ from conservation, it is better to do it right away. It is strictly forbidden to top up and even more so to mix different brake fluids.

The result

Based on all of the above, we can say that this UAZ has several positive points - the price and good technical condition. But as far as the latter is concerned, it is still good to look for such a machine. Buy UAZ with conservation can be for 100-150 thousand rubles. The year of production is from 1980 to 1992.

So, we found out how to make maintenance of a UAZ military car and buy a car in a normal state.