Sounds like a trabant with the muffler removed lol
@stephant844 ай бұрын
Very nice to see. You can hear that the engine is old 😉 It's a nice area where you drive around, it feels at home there. Take good care of it and always have a good ride.
@javikarras6 ай бұрын
Seems like alternator is not charching the battery properly (Orange/red light). Check the alternator belt!!
@David-fx7vs6 ай бұрын
❤
@octavioibarra56456 ай бұрын
Hey! Those Trabant are not in Germany... They are in the USA!
@ShadowTheSC8 ай бұрын
I got my 1990, a beautifully underrated car. Mine has a single 3 inch exit with a mid resonator and single cat, 17 inch wheels and a 10% overdrive pulley. It drives amazing, and is shockingly quick. I really am in love with this car.
@24theMoney11 ай бұрын
Did ford use the world class T-5 in these T-birds?
@angeloletizia102911 ай бұрын
No it’s some Mazda transmission
@robinprice4877 Жыл бұрын
How long did it usually take to start on really cold mornings with the old engine? Did it take longer when it hadn't been used for several days?
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
The old engine was about the same as the new engine. It doesn't get too cold in the garage, so I'm unsure. I've gone weeks without starting and have no issues. I turn the fuel on, wait a few seconds to begin cranking, and fully engage the carburetor starting circuit. This is with the old style carburetor. Not sure if the "economy" carburetor is different. It never takes too, too long; but I am still perfecting my technique.
@asmongoldsmouth9839 Жыл бұрын
I had an Essex 3.8 N/A and it accelerated pretty quickly. But the 12+ forced induction doesn't seem that much faster. I think I'd rather a N/A 4.0 cologne. Pretty much the same power numbers. I'd just shove that in THEN add 8-10 psi boost.
@alexanderlanger7766 Жыл бұрын
Hycomat?
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
No, I had trouble shifting smoothly with the linkage not greased (fixed now).
@andreashebisch4283 Жыл бұрын
Wer IFA fährt, fährt nie Verkehrt....
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Wahr!
@pacopaganotto7927 Жыл бұрын
Génial ! ❤ !
@elektrofumigator Жыл бұрын
Sounds amazing! Is yours still a 6V? They changed from 6 to 12 in 1983 iirc
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Yes, 6V. Does reasonably well.
@elektrofumigator Жыл бұрын
Good to hear that, I have a 12V version that's just one year newer, and apart from failing regulators i also have no issues. Greetings from Central Europe, and hope yours will continue to run just as good for a long time
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
@@elektrofumigator Greetings from the USA! My car is from Hungary 🇭🇺
@elektrofumigator Жыл бұрын
Hungary has a lot of trabant fans, so much so they manufacture most parts. We import them as well as probably whole world, especially since even trabantwelt resells them... My car was sold in Poland in 1984, and from what i have seen in its history files, I am its third owner and it has never left the region where I live. As I am writing this, I'm trying to fix the brakes
@most1933 Жыл бұрын
Man schaltet einen Trabant nicht mit der ganzen Hand sonder nur mit zwei Fingern. 😮
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Repariert! Ich musste das Gestänge fetten.
@most1933 Жыл бұрын
@@CheckEngineLight94 Alles klar😉
@bluejack644 Жыл бұрын
Your papers are............................in order.
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
👮
@merman93 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful my brotha !
@markusklose7607 Жыл бұрын
What are the LED-lights in the ashtray for?
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Battery voltage. I had issues with my regulator (fixed now).
@GEZ-KNUTSCHI Жыл бұрын
So schaltet man den Wagen nicht. Man legt den Schalthebel AUF DIE FINGER und bewegt dann den Schalthebel. NUR beim Rückwärtsgang bildet man eine Faust.
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Jetzt nach Schmieren des Gestänges behoben!
@andreashebisch4283 Жыл бұрын
26 ps in Amerika...
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
It can be tough!
@andreashebisch4283 Жыл бұрын
IFA for Ever
@tigonking8586 Жыл бұрын
Wie? Komplett neuer Motor?
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Ja, neuer Motor
@viksud8077 Жыл бұрын
Trabi ... 👍
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
👍
@alexloeh Жыл бұрын
Run little one run
@darkoprokovic9749 Жыл бұрын
Прелеп је,свиђа ми се јер је једноставно
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Договорено!
@andreashebisch4283 Жыл бұрын
Trabant fahren ist einfach Cool...!!!
@frankdrebin9052 Жыл бұрын
Ez hatalmas királyság! 2 henger, 2 ütem. Próbáld ki a Wartburgot is, ha teheted!
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Talán egy nap!
@captain150 Жыл бұрын
What is the oil-gas ratio? Don't think I've ever seen a Trabant with zero smoke in the exhaust.
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
I'm actually running a pretty heavy amount of oil at 25:1 since the engine only has 600 miles on it and is still breaking in. The oil is Lucas semi-synthetic two-stroke oil. It does smoke on start-up and acceleration following a long period of idle.
@andreashebisch4283 Жыл бұрын
USA oder Kanada...??
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
USA
@andreashebisch4283 Жыл бұрын
26 ps for Ever... Trabant for Ever in the World
@robertdiosi3494 Жыл бұрын
Haha LOL. I owed 2 of it. It was the cheapest vehicle end of the 90s when i was a soldier.You can repair it with a screwdriver and a hammer haha :) Nice video. Greetings from Hungary
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Greetings; I always keep a screwdriver and hammer in the trunk!
@alex52741 Жыл бұрын
Also mit den Blinkern hinten ,ist ja in den USA auch höchst unterschiedlich mit rot oder gelb ,die einen bauen rote Blinker ein ,die anderen gelbe und grade die deutschen -aktuellen -also VW ,BMW ,Audi etc setzen auf rot ,während Amerikaner ,also GM ,Ford etc immer mehr gelbe einbauen ,den alten BMW3er gab es aber offenbar auch mit gelb . Ich war 2006 in Miami und da fuhren mir auch mehrere 3er BMW und VW Jetta mit roten Blinkern über den Weg
@volkerulrich8143 Жыл бұрын
Lasse es mit Trabant fahren. Der Schalthebel ist kein Schraubenschlüssel. Auch die Starthilfe ( Shock) sollte man nicht immer wieder rein und rausschieben.ich bin einmal vor 30 Jahren Trabant gefahren aber wenn ich dich sehe wird mir übel
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Es tut mir leid, dass meine Fahrweise eine Krankheitsquelle war. Ich habe meine Technik verbessert und werde neuartiges Videomaterial zitieren.
@volkerulrich8143 Жыл бұрын
@@CheckEngineLight94 tut mir leid, ich entschuldige mich bei ihnen. Sorry
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
@@volkerulrich8143 Alles ist gut; Ich nehme deine Entschuldigung an.
@Roli72 Жыл бұрын
Hatte selbst 3 Trabbis besessen, was mich wundert, sah das schon in einem anderen Video, dass oft der Leerlauf geschaltet wird, also es auch zu keiner Motorbremsung gekommen ist, was ich stets hilfreich fand, da der Trabant keinen Bremskraftverstärker besaß.
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Vielen Dank für Ihren Kommentar; Wegen Ölmangel wurde mir geraten, nicht so zu bremsen.
@user-oz1fe1ut5lАй бұрын
Dafür hatte der Trabbi aber im 4.Gang einen Leerlauf
@kevinsong712 Жыл бұрын
Could you squeeze a little bit of power out of these engines or are they not made for that. I believe it comes with expansion chambers from the factory but could you port it and stuff?
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Yes, plenty of people tune them with expansion chambers and such. I do not have experience with that, but they are quite robust. I think a bit more power can go a long way since it is 26hp as is. Tuned correctly, it's really not that bad in stock form. I plan on keeping mine stock, but if I were to adjust it, I may use a carburetor kit as that is the first step many take to improve the engine response.
@carllinden533 Жыл бұрын
It sounds like a old diesel! And somehow it still worked despite this, few cars can do the same :)
@jeanhuysse1227 Жыл бұрын
It impresses me how you engage neutral with the vehicle in motion, at all times.
@jerkwaterspoon Жыл бұрын
The trabant transmission does not have a free wheeling device on 1st 2nd or 3rd gear, only on 4th gear, so you have to be either on the gas or in neutral. If you coast on 1st to 3rd gear, you starve the engine of oil.
@shawnmorrison5849 Жыл бұрын
Put some pepper in there or you can get the radiator hole powder from auto zone. Or put new.
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Ah, the ol pepper trick. Never tried it. I can De-Ice the road and deploy pepper spray.
@cringefairy2687 Жыл бұрын
Sounds super smooth
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! New engine with 1,000 kilometers. Old one was good, but rattled like a tweaker with spray paint.
@giorgosmalfas7486 Жыл бұрын
That is a wartburg 3-cylinder engine
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
No- just the stock two-cylinder
@janpavelek2097 Жыл бұрын
Věry original And Věry easy car. Technic working Věry low, bit IT was White easy to drivind And servis. In alkohol the Czechia And East Europa was So populár!
@laurin_stg446 Жыл бұрын
Meiner ist Baujahr 1989
@stephanschmidt9578 Жыл бұрын
That's so great to see one of our Trabis in the USA. Like it. :) Greets from Brandenburg(Germany).
@johnwade5747 Жыл бұрын
I was curious what you were doing down by the left side of the steering column near the dash between gears
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
I was having caburetor problems (pulling the choke), but all fixed now!
@jetpackjbd Жыл бұрын
The engine sounds so normal compared to Aging Wheel’s Trabant.
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Better now with the new engine!
@silvervisage5096 Жыл бұрын
Incredible. My childhood car. Dad had one. Take care of it buddy!
@liberationenabled4593 Жыл бұрын
It's good to see that Traby is still alive somewhere. Happy New Year, btw.
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Alive and well in the USA! Happy New Year!
@tobiasherkt8806 Жыл бұрын
Hört sich nicht gut an der Motor
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Ich denke, die Kamera hatte Schwierigkeiten, den Ton aufzunehmen, da mein Schalldämpfer repariert wurde und auf der lauten Seite ist.
@rudolfschwarzer1175 Жыл бұрын
warum fahren sie so seltsam ständig am Chock und immer Leerlauf?, so fährt man nicht ich komm aus der ehemaligen DDR und kenne die Kisten
@CheckEngineLight94 Жыл бұрын
Danke für deinen Kommentar. Ich hatte Vergaserprobleme und habe ihn seitdem repariert.