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6196 daz.tait@...
daz.tait... Offline Send Email
Dec 2, 2011
8:09 pm
Hi All Im not a Aixam owner yet but I went to see a Aixam 500 Evolution a few days ago and was really impressed, ok it was dark and I didnt actually have a...
6197 sidecar_jon Offline Dec 3, 2011
9:27 pm
There isn't a manual, just what us lot have discovered scattered about the net, have a look at the files bit. Yes mines on 81,000 miles, and as for flogging...
6198 thorpcross
martin_thorp... Offline Send Email
Dec 3, 2011
9:28 pm
I can only speak as a former Ligier owner, which used the same engine gearbox drive train etc but with a different bodystyle and some would argue in a more...
6199 aixam04 Offline Dec 3, 2011
9:28 pm
Hi,Having had quite a few Aixam's myself now, plus having one at the mo, I can safely say if there's am alternative take it. I can't speak for the Microcar's...
6200 aixam04 Offline Dec 3, 2011
9:28 pm
6201 John Jackson
thermalsoareruk Offline Send Email
Dec 3, 2011
9:28 pm
Hi (Daz?) I love mine and wouldn't hesitate to drive it regularly if I had to. They're a specialist interest though, the diesels are noisy and 50mph difficult...
6202 Blue Raven
james.findla... Offline Send Email
Dec 3, 2011
10:50 pm
Hi Daz, I think you will find a dealer for Microcar and one for Aixam in Wem Shropshire, I had the older Aixam 500 but now a Microcar MGO owner. I've looked at...
6203 sidecar_jon Offline Dec 5, 2011
10:28 pm
An Aixam isn't a "normal" car. but taken within its limitations, it passes for transport. As a former BMWR80 outfit driver i find it comfortable and...
6204 riitey Offline Send Email Dec 7, 2011
10:35 pm
Where do you fill up and check the oil level in the gearbox on a 2008 mc2 microcar highland,I'm buggered if I can see where you do it,also is there a workshop...
6205 douglas522497 Offline Send Email Dec 10, 2011
10:46 pm
Hi jem - Firstly the carpets often get damp underneath which promotes misting - poor sealing under them, around the lower rear door seal edges and even where...
6206 douglas522497 Offline Send Email Dec 10, 2011
10:46 pm
Hi JJ Blimey! something to look out for and typical of the "hope for the best" style of engineering design on these things. My water leak problem (in 2007) was...
6207 norman
microcar66 Offline Send Email
Dec 20, 2011
12:40 pm
my microcar mc1-working fine one day next morning turn on ignition and absolutely nothing no lights/horn wont turn engine ,have changed battery -old one dead...
6208 Jenny
supergran291003 Offline Send Email
Dec 20, 2011
12:40 pm
I was getting a bad judder when pulling away from a stand still in my Aixam Crossline.It started not long after I changed the belt and the pulleys wearing...
6209 rayzer123@...
rayzer123... Offline Send Email
Dec 20, 2011
12:40 pm
If it's the same as the virgo it's an orange plug on top of the engine. for a manual try Microcar head office in uk....
6210 Sparco
alex.sparco Offline Send Email
Dec 20, 2011
12:41 pm
Hi, I have a Aixam 500 .year 2001,engine Kubota Z482 and I have some problems ,and no one can help me and I think you can help me. One month ago I changed the...
6211 alastair evans
vegoildiesel Offline Send Email
Dec 22, 2011
10:09 pm
Yes--Your belt is too slack.... --Bet it wont start running up a very steep hill either! Set the rear pulley so that the belt has around 1/2-1" deflection when...
6212 alastair evans
vegoildiesel Offline Send Email
Dec 22, 2011
10:09 pm
How tight is the belt when not running? Should be around 1/2-1" slack when pressed with finger. Maybe when bracket broke and you welded it, its slightly...
6213 John Jackson
thermalsoareruk Offline Send Email
Dec 22, 2011
10:09 pm
Hi Norman, see if it has a large fuse not far from the battery. JJ. ... From: aixamandmicrocar@... [mailto:aixamandmicrocar@...] On...
6214 John Jackson
thermalsoareruk Offline Send Email
Dec 22, 2011
10:10 pm
Hi Riitey, I seem to have missed this one. I don't have a MC2 but going by the MC1 picture I have seen there is a vent plug up the right side near the top, a...
6215 John Jackson
thermalsoareruk Offline Send Email
Dec 22, 2011
10:10 pm
Hi Alex very sorry to hear of your trouble. My car has not eaten belts like that, if it did I would check that the rear pulley and the front pulley are lined...
6216 PETTIT TERRENCE
user918640 Offline Send Email
Dec 22, 2011
10:10 pm
Hiya Jenny. Useing WD40 just lubricates the weights in the dome section, these sometimes get stuck or are sluggish to move, its done on a regular basis at some...
6217 Sparco
alex.sparco Offline Send Email
Dec 23, 2011
1:40 pm
... When I welded the bracket ...i welded perfect...there is no room for errors.... I use this belt because in Romania the orignal belt IBC(Aixam) is very...
6218 Sparco
alex.sparco Offline Send Email
Dec 23, 2011
1:40 pm
... Hi JJ, Today I get out the gearbox and the rear pulley.Tomorrow i will watch in the gearbox if all is in the place.... My pulley have two washer(i think is...
6219 John Jackson
thermalsoareruk Offline Send Email
Dec 24, 2011
3:22 pm
Hi Alex. Did you go and see the picture? It shows how you can put a straight piece of something on the pulley edge to tell if both the pulleys are in the right...
6220 John Tickle
scramjetta Offline Send Email
Dec 25, 2011
6:10 am
Hi had the same problem had the bushes replaced by engneering works for bronze grafite lasted 450 miles and packed up destroying the new belt. I think the...
6221 Sparco
alex.sparco Offline Send Email
Dec 25, 2011
11:03 am
... Yestarday I bushed the pulley with bronze graphite.It is a problem?...
6222 Sparco
alex.sparco Offline Send Email
Dec 26, 2011
5:18 am
... Hi JJ :(, My gearbox variator is not at line :(.Its orientated to brake pomp. How can I make it straight?:((...
6223 John Jackson
thermalsoareruk Offline Send Email
Dec 26, 2011
8:17 pm
Hi Alex. The gearbox is made straight by the mounting plates to the engine. There is no adjustment, so something must be broken or missing, or in the wrong...
6224 Sparco
alex.sparco Offline Send Email
Dec 27, 2011
5:12 am
... JJ you are the man !Thank you very very much for help.I found the problem ! ! ! Last summer the engine mounting(in back of gearbox has broked).I used the...
6225 John Jackson
thermalsoareruk Offline Send Email
Dec 28, 2011
12:13 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29179705@N02/6581463155/ Hi Alex. This is the best picture I can get. I can not measure the spacer. It looks about 10mm thick. I...
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