light SKODA 120 LS 1980 Owner's Guide

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Dismontle the housing, remove
old greose,
cleon the individuol ports,
opply fresh greose,
ond reossemble the housing. Sook the felt rings
on the links (pull-rods)
in engine oil.
15.10 WHEELS AND TYRES, SNOW
CHAINS
Tyre Inflotion, Boloncing
ond lnterchonge
of Wheels
The procedures ore outlined in
Chopters 10.1
through 10.3. Snow
choins ond their use ore
deolt with in Chopter 10.6.
Wheel Toe-in -
see Chopter 16.1.
Shock Absorbers -
see Chopter 8.3 "Shock
Absorbers ".
15.11 ELECTRTCAL EQUTPMENT
Checking electrolyte level ond topping up --
see Chopter 13.2.
Sporking plugs -
electrode gop
odiustment,
etc. -
see Chopter 13.7.
Stqrter motor -
exqminqtion ond renewol of
brushes, etc. -
see Chopters 13.11 through 13.14.
lgnition timing, odiustment of contoct breoker
point gop, distributor lubricotion -
see Chop-
ter 15.3.
15.12 BODYWORK -
UNDERBODY
Woshing ond Mointenonce
The visible ports
of the body qre
f inislred in
o hord synthetic boking vornish, the remoining
ports in synthetic vornish.
The underbody is sproy-cooted
with o plostic
compound -
for detoiled informotion, see Chop-
ter '14.9.
Follow the
usuol procedures
when
woshing, cleoning ond polishing
the cor, ond
observe the specific instructions for
the use of
woshing ond cleoning preporotions,
issued by
their monufocturers.
All lights with the exception
of heodlomps
hove cosings of plostic
moteriols qnd
they
should be cleoned onlywith woteror shompoos.
When hosing down the corr
cover the voltoge
regulotor of the olternotor ond
the ignition coil
to protect
them ogoinst sploshing with woter,
ond do not
sproy woter direct on
the door lock
ond the lid covering the fuel
tonk filler neck.
Woshing ond Core of Underbody
Mechonisms
The underbody mechonisms
ore protected
with o synthetic vornish which stonds
well the
usuol woshing procedures.
Protect oll rubberports
ogoinst direct contoct with speciol chemi-
col solvLnts or limit the durotion of this
contoct
to o minimum before
o complete woshing off of
the solvents with woter (by
hosing down, etc.)'
Keep the oil cooler, if fitted on
the cor, in
cleon'condition. Hose
it down when woshing
the cor, ond if dirt still
sticks to the cooling
surfoces, use some of the detergents.
Bodywork Lubricotion
Routine mointenonce includes the
lubricotion
of door hinges ond limiters, hinges
ond releose
mechonismi of the engine bonnet ond boot lid,
the releose mechonism of
the spore wheel,
ond
the leveroge of windscreen wipers. Lubricotion
of inner dolor mechonisms is
included in
speciol
mqintenonce. Lubricote oll occessible mechcnisms
with
high-quolity greoses which
do not
dry, do not
oxldize, ond protect
the mechonisms ogoinst
corrosion for o long time. Oil is
not suitoble due
to its short-time efJect. Any greose con
be used
to lubricqte the
door limiters ond
the front
seot
slide roils.
Lubricotion of SporeWheel Corrier
Bearings-
Remove the spore wheel,
cleon the hinges, ond
opply oil on iheit
upper sides. In oddition, rub
in greose of ony brond.
Lubricotion of Windscreen Wiper
Leveroge -
Remove the cover of the
ioint (o
plostic cup),
f ill it with greose, lubricote the
ioint, ond
rein-
stoll tlre cover.
The Lubricotion of
Inner Door Mechonisms
is possible only
ofter removing the
door ponel
ond the inner 'door
mechonism. Use
only re-
commended greose brcnds.
Lubricote
the bowden
coble of thJwindow wind-up mechonism
with
Fig.15.1211- Lubricotion
of Windscreen Wiper
Leveroge Joint -
ioint cover
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16.2
16.1 EQUTPMENT FOR SUBTROPTCAL
REGIONS
Stondord equipment of
cors for subtropicol
regions where the temperoture
does not exceed
+40oC, or where
increosed
cooling efficiency is
required generolly:
1. Copper rodiotor (copper
lominotions) for
oll types. 2. Oil cooler for oll types,
the some
os thot
fitted in the stondord
12O LS
model.
3. Cost finned
oil sump for oll types includ-
ing occessories (longer
oil pump
suction
stroiner ond longer oil dipstick), like thot fit-
ted in
stondord 120 L ond 120 LS models.
4. Oil temperoture signolling
telethermometer
(125+3'C) in cor type S 120 t-S.
The primory
element is mounted in o speciol connection fit-
ted to the oil cooler outlet. The worning lomp
on the instrument ponel
is red
ond without
o symbol (the
instrument ponel
hos o different
wiring for the connection of the worning lomp
to the terminol boord).
The coble of the primory
element is con-
nected to the terminol "10"
of the terminol
boord "111"
(morking occording to wiring dio-
grom in Fig. 13.1/1).
The
coble is led out ot
the engine together with
cobles to the engine
temperoture gouge
ond the oil pressure
switch.
16.2 EQUTPMENT FOR TROP|CAL
REGTONS
Stondord equipment of cors for tropicol re-
gions where the temperoture does not exceed f
50 oC,
or where on
extro high cooling
ef-
f iciency is required generolly:
1. Copper rodiotor (copper
lominotions) for
oll cor types.
2. Oil cooler for
oll types like thot fitted
in
stondord S 120 LS mod6l. The bolt
connecting
the rodiotor hose of the outlet from the engine
timing geor cover to the rodiotor hos, however,
no by-poss holes.
3. Cost finned
oil sump
for oll cor types -
refer to Chopter 16.1, porogroph
3.
4. Oil temperoture signolling telethermometer
(125+3oC) for types 120 L
ond 120 LS.
For
loyout see Chopter 16.1, porogroph
4.
5. Thermostot with o nominol opening tem-
peroture of +75oC for oll
types.
6- Increosed volume of coolont (storoge)
tonk -
4 litres for oll types.
7. Fr-rel pump
with o longer priming
lever.
It is instolled on the engine on two insuloting
pcrd s
Mointenonce of oir clecner:
The stondord oir cleoner filter element (the
some for oll cor types) must be
chonged in
dust-loden environments ofter every 2,000
kilo-
metres. On dusty roods in deserts, this element
must be inspected doily ond reploced doily, it
necessory.
Keep the coolont level
ot obout the middle
of the tonk or only slightly obove the middle.
The totol
volume is 13 5 litres opproximotely
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