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Hello, Last year I have designed a device to be able to easily move and rotate my Haflinger platform. My idea is to use the original four axle boltholes in the platform for mounting it on the device, as I suppose this would be the most universal solution. The rear "axle" can be mounted in ...

Hello Rob, Here are the pictures of your Haflinger, I have used the ones from eBay: 411tedm-11.jpg 411tedm-09.jpg I think that especially the internal gearbox parts and the lever/linkage for actuation will be hard to find. In Australia, PTO was fairly standard with many Hafs, which is nice! Kind reg...

Hi Rick,

do you think that the 1974 SWB with full canvas used to have a reverse light at some stage? Is the switch on the gearbox?

Kind regards,
Constantin

Hi David, regarding the gearbox oil, I heard that one should not use GL5 specification which is suitable for hypoid gear (and can hence take high shear forces). The problem is, as far as I know, that GL5 oils contain aggressive additives which damage on the long run e.g. the syncronisation rings mad...

I don't think it's a Puch engine... I think it's a DAF engine! A friend of mine sent me this picture a while ago:

Hi Garry, Jim has already given the correct answer: The switch is missing on your gearbox. There exists one more possibility: There are switches which are plugged inbetween the speedo and the speedo cable. When the speedo cable is changing the direction of rotation, the switch is actuated. You could...

Hi Julian,

the arm should go into the notch - it's correct on your picture.


Kind regards,
Constantin

On the gearbox, you find that "tower". The long gearstick that goes all the way from front to the rear of the vehicle ends right there. On this "tower" housing right below the top cover, you should find the switch for the reverse light. It is actuated when the gearlever is brough...

Hi Garry, I expected the Pallas Zenith 32 NDIX carburettor in your Haflinger, which, I think, would be correct for your model and year of make. Another carburettor that was usually used on older Haflinger models is the Weber 32 ICS. Both are not shown in your picture. What carburettor brand/model is...

Hi Garry, the choke system doesn't have any influence on the main butterfly. It is more or less a "carburetor in the carburetor" that allows to richen the mixture when the engine is cold, because in this case, a lot of fuel is "stuck" on the intake pipe walls. Which parts did you...

Hi everyone, some comments from my side: 1) I think that Julians configuration of oil bath air filter without any intake pipe or cyclonic air filter is original. Looks the same e.g. on early Austrian Army Haflingers. 2) Regarding the Series: In July last year, I sent out an email to the yahoo group ...

Hi Julian, congratulations, very well done! Everything looks fresh and proper... great! Steve, the voltage regulator sits in the right upper corner of the front engine compartment (in the picture above, it would be behind the oil filler cap). It's a different version of the regulator and without ext...

Hi Rick, you can easily remove the heater from the Haflinger and put it on some self-made device that replaces the front footwell (made of wood or whatever). Then use a car battery and a small fuel tank to run it outside of the vehicle. You may remove and use the original switch from the dashboard a...

Wow, well done! Looks like the original.

Garry,

I think your skid plate is quite bent, it should normally look similar to the one in this picture:
http://tdc.haflinger-4wd.com/types/bild ... navy18.jpg

Hope this helps a bit.


Kind regards,
Constantin

Hi David, We had the same problem over here a while ago I think. I must ask my dad if he remembers what the problem was. I also think that you should check all the contacts inside the regulator housing on the right engine compartment panel. Inside this regulator housing, there is also a fuse - shoul...

Hi Julian,

one thought that I had: Did you fit the two locating screws first thing when assembling the two crankcase halves? If not, the position of the two crankcase halves relatively to each other might be not correct.


Kind regards,
Constantin

Hey there, that Polycab Haflinger used to be located in Scotland. HydroElectric was, I think, a supplier of electric energy there. I know that historic picture from Dale and by accident, I came across another one showing the same vehicle, but with wider tyres. That's possibly the reason for the addi...

That's good news, because in this case, the end float is probably at least almost within the tolerance of about 0.3 mm when the engine is assembled!

Kind regards,
Constantin

Hi Julian, if you assemble flywheel, crankshaft and main bearing and there is a resulting gap of about 0.3 (or 0.4 mm with copper gasket), I cannot understand where the end float of 2 - 3 mm mentioned in your first post comes from. Assuming that the main bearing has a fixed position (because it sits...