English
Startside

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I have answered a lot of E-mails in English. I will temporary put it all here, so it is available.
Hope that I during the winter can make it better. I have two Sow owners that shall help me the get the English better.

The size of a sow is 1,95 m wide, 2,15 m High and 4,7 m Long and are 2800 kg.


Fuse box in English.

Turn Signal

We've seen in the other mail that old owner had the signal turn instead of the war lights, bur do you know if the lights in the roof are signal turn? 
The only turn signal is the turn signal on the roof, But many Sows have been modified .

Rear lights

Is easy to find the rear lights plastics (position light/break light)? 
You can bay new ones from, I think the Hella the part no is  2SB 001 673-002 but that is a complete lamp.
 This is the no 2SB 001 673-002 With out light for no plates 2ST 001 673-011
With light for no plates  ( Price in Norway was  Ca. 48 Euro kr. ex.  VAT)

How to start and drive a Sow

I will take of one of the poles of the battery for safer transportation.
Reconnect the - battery pole.

 
There is a small handle on the gas pump on the engine, just lift it and repeat.
Then the pump starts to fill the carburettor by hand, until the carburettor is full of gasoline.
When it is full you can not hear no more noise. Then the engine start easier.

Pull out the choke approx 1/2 to 3/4 depending on the temperature
Pull in the clutch, and the break, and put the gear in neutral.

Put in the ignition-key, turn it, and then press the start-bottom.
The start button is nº 26 of the "manöverorgan och instrument" page nº 10.
Start the engine, normally when the car is cold it should start with in 2-5 sek.  

Remove the can- If you use the choke -wrong there can came out some black dirt.
I only use it when I are moving the car , when there are things very near that you wont get dirt on.

  Put the 2/4 WD in 2 wd position. Put the H/L gear level in H.
 Read the table for max speed and remember it!!! Do not use more throttle than 3000/3600 RPM max.

Max speed on each gear
 
Gear
High
Low

Take of the hand brake!

 

Get the car to move - increase gear upwards.

Start in 1 gear , very little throttle 600 to 800 RPM.
Drive the car to 2-5 km/h.
To gear up from 1 gear to 2 gear.
Pull in the clutch.
Put the gear in Neutral
remove your foot completely from the throttle.
Pull out the clutch. Pull inn the clutch.
Put in the 2 gear. (Use force, and be quick and fast)
Pull out the clutch
Drive the car up to 8-10 km/h

 To gear up from 2 nd. gear to 3  gear.
Pull in the clutch.
Put the gear in Neutral, remove your foot completely from the throttle.
Pull out the clutch. Pull inn the clutch.
Put in the 3 gear. (Use force, and be quick and fast)
Pull out the clutch
Drive the car up to 35-40 km/h

To gear up from 3 nd. gear to 4  gear.
Pull in the clutch.
Put the gear in Neutral, remove your foot completely from the throttle.
Pull out the clutch. Pull inn the clutch.
Put in the 4 gear. (Use force, and be quick and fast)
Pull out the clutch
Drive the car up to max 90 km/h

 

 Gear downwards.

To gear down from 4 gear to 3 gear.
Drive the car down to 40-45 km/h. Lower is more easy
Pull in the clutch.
Put the gear in Neutral
Give "full" throttle 3000 rpm.
Pull out the clutch. Pull inn the clutch.
Put the in the 3 gear. (Use force, and be quick and fast)
Pull out the clutch

To gear down from 3 gear to 2 gear.
Drive the car down to  15-20 km/H, Lower is more easy
Pull in the clutch.
Put the gear in Neutral
Give "full" throttle 3000 rpm.
Pull out the clutch. Pull inn the clutch.
Put the in the 2 gear. (Use force, and be quick and fast)
Pull out the clutch

To gear down from 2 gear to 1 gear.
Drive the car down to  8-10 km/h Lower is more easy
Pull in the clutch. Put the gear in Neutral
Give "full" throttle 3000 rpm.
Pull out the clutch. Pull inn the clutch. 
Put the in the 1 gear. (Use force, and be quick and fast)
Pull out the clutch

The best is to find an Old truck Driver and get a short training with him.


dashboard_left_side as a Pdf file made by Guillaume


dashboard_center as a Pdf file made by Guillaume
 


Very rare - must be an pre-temporary version, Unknown how has translate it to English
If you known anything about this -I would like to know. (8,69 Mb PDF - file)
01.04.2010: Costin has given me this information:

The English Manual was made up by a Swedish Merchant Navy Engineer who kindly put it together while on a sea going contract for the previous owner of a Sow .
He put it together in his freetime while at sea to help pass the time on voyage and stop bordom.

 


MSY-S0001 Radiator Blind system PDF file (327 Kb)

Michael K. drives over a car with a sow (YouTube - Link)