Hey Folks!
Ill be updating during these days regarding the restoration of the engine and part of the gearbox.
First of all, just remember that i live in CUBA, where to find a fiat 126 part is pretty damn rare and expensive, even thought i know most of the people that sell this parts, including a Polish guy that came to Cuba many years ago, and lives at Downtown Havana.
So, im making this restoration with many parts that i bought from Piotross and some i founded here in my country.
Just to let you know and get you guys into context, because here in this country Post Offices doesnt work (LITERALLY), i had to send the parts to my sister at Spain from Poland, and she starts to send me little by little every time she can with friends that come to visit Cuba. So you can imagine that i've been waiting for parts during many months, nevertheless i got them here finally!.
The people that are working on this resto are , my father, wich has 30 years of expertise on diesel engines (He is a Mechanical Engineer graduated in the Soviet Union maaaany years ago, he is working on Ships at Dominican Republic right now), My Uncle, wich has a shop to fix cars .. steering, gearbox, engines, etc,and has been a Mechanic for more that 20 years, a friend of us, and me! (no expertise but learning a lot!!).
We removed the engine on Tuesday, and the gearbox yesterday (Wednesday), we removed the Gearbox just to change the axles for new ones and by the way , change the oil and put some seals. The old axles where pretty bad and they were going to screw the Tripods that Piotross send me
Engine Mileage Before Full Restoration :
Well, since i bought it , it has been 52000KM (2 Years) , the previous owner drove it for another 50000KM.
Ok, little introduction, here are some photos.
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BEFORE PAINT:::::AFTER PAINT :::::WORKING ON THE AXLES TO PUT CIRCLIP FOR TRIPODS
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
My Uncle, My Father, and the other friend PAINTING WHERE THE ENGINE GOESAppreciate your comments