Now that it’s cold, we have found that Smutyanka’s batteries get depleted pretty fast from sitting outside, so we’re considering installing some quick-disconnects on the lines. We’re not all that familiar with electronic work and don’t even really know where to start with this. Can any of you folks perhaps point us in the right [...]
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1995 Ural Tourist Wiring Diagram
We finally got ahold of the wiring diagram for our Ural. Somehow, I suspect this will be very helpful in the future. It looks complicated, but really, once you figure out how to read it, it’s really quite a simple setup. Click the image to see the larger version.
It’s been a busy few days for Smutyanka!
A lot has gone on for Smutyanka in the last couple days! When I last wrote, we were hoping that our battery drain problems were being caused by the fact that we hadn’t been disconnecting the battery after driving. Well, we had another Ural Tourist owner from Soviet Steeds come by and help us take [...]
Good News!
So, it has now been confirmed that we don’t have one of the “Russian Grenades” for an alternator! Unless something drastic happens, that alternator should last us quite awhile, apparently. This is good, because apparently they’re a bitch and a half to replace.
The other bit of good news is more like…potential good news. As I [...]
Good News and Bad News
The Bad:
It’s always something with a Ural, and Smutyanka is no different.
We had her up and running for two weeks, and we thought that the source of our problems was a dead battery. As it turns out, we were half-correct. We did indeed have a dead battery, but what we didn’t realize is that we [...]
New Battery
Marc and I have hopefully figured out what was plaguing Smut’ka: a dead battery.
When she was delivered last Tuesday, she started up fine in the morning. But, when we tried to start her that evening, it was just a lot of fruitless kicking, and she wouldn’t turn over. We checked Soviet Steeds, and most folks [...]
