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Seat repair

On the "To do list" was the repair of the driver side seat. The reclining function didn't work anymore. Since there were marks of an pipe wrench on the knob, it's probably broken. But first we have to investigate what happened. Removing the Lada 2101 seat slide the seat in the utmost forward position at the rear of both sliding rails is a cross head bolt, unscrew them slide the seat in the utmost backward position on the front of the sliding rails is 1x cross head bolt and 1x a 13mm nut (which you unscrew from below). Functions of the Lada 2101 seat the handle on the centre side of the vehicle has 1 function; move down and you are able to slide the seat the other handle (the big round knob) has got 2 functions; turn the knob and you can fine-adjust the reclining of the back. For function two, you push the knob to the ground, then you get the rapid reclining function of the back And now the reality... * a couple of hours later *, ok... tha

New exterior color?

With the braun interior, it remains the question if this fits with the original red outdoor paint. So maybe... maybe the car will be repainted in a green color. Thanks to the internet we did find this chart with original Lada colors; And than there is this beautifull site, with clickable colors, so that you can see how it fits the car; http://www.veteranzsiguli.hu/szinkodok.html So far I really like the 345 light olive; But untill now I didn't find a corresponding RAL color for that. RAL6011 comes close..