Thanks Randy for you observations. I was interested in the layout of components. Also - I think Noel mentioned this before, but much more info on the Xebra...
I don't want to sound like a heretic, but Randy's description of the Zebra is just like one of my C-car. It rattles, rides really rough, has no intermittent...
... It's best not to buy anything from china. C-car are largely made local are recycled/reused and not shipped across a ocean from a country that should not be...
The Comuta Car and the Citicar with "front" drum brakes are supposed to be the same brake. It has been mentioned that drums for these are the same as listed...
Thanks Donald ! If indeed there is no brake adjustment slot - which may be the case if the Toro does not use the fickle brake spider [ and I doubt they do ] ,...
... The straight walled drum on the Citi doesn't have a slot. It's a solid deep drawn cup with only holes for the axle and studs. As usual, see my web site...
The service manual says the comutacar after number **** has the same size brakes on the front and the back. The rear drum has a slot for adj. the shoe and the...
Thanks for the info. Are the front and rear drums interchangeable ?? The Toro drum looks like the Comuta Car rear drum. Randy Orange 1980 Comuta Car...
The book also said the shoe with the orange paint goes in the front of each set. My rear brakes have one shoe with orange paint and one without on each side,...
... ?? The ... The front drum seems thicker then the back. And front brakes do more of the braking then the back. I will check them both with a micrometer and...
Most all braking systems have a designated forward and rear shoe on each wheel set. The difference is the length of the lining per shoe. On older systems where...
Here are photo's of the front and rear brake drums. http://www.portland.quik.com/crosley/frontdrum.jpg http://www.portland.quik.com/crosley/reardrum.jpg There...
The c-cars we purchase all need brake repairs [ unless just done ]. They are old cars and to be safe need a total brake system rebuild. More often than not the...
Never trust an auction with such tiny photos. Photos sell a vehicle and anyone with half a brain knows that. Must be a lot to hide about this one. They all...
Ever wonder why most all c-cars have LOW MILES ? 1,000, 2,000 or 4,000 ! What is the message here ? Probably less than 5% ever hit 15,000 to 20,000 miles. The...
The oil embargo started in 1973 and this was one of the reasons why the C-Car sold the way it did in the early years. Then gas prices dropped back down to...
Way to go Randy ! ... or 4,000 ! ... to 20,000 ... Citicar ... Chevrolet ... purchased ... a 1979 ... Ford Fairmont ... then so ... Perhaps ... When the ... ...
Has anyone removed the body panels on a CitiCar? If so, what did you find to be the best way to remove them, causing the least amount of damage? I am in the...
The body panels use a putty tape at the joints like RV's use. It is suppose to prevent water entry. If it is still sticky there is no real easy way to deal...
... soft The body panels use a putty tape at the joints like RV's use. It is ... real easy ... panels. ... did you ... of ... CitiCar. I ... cracks ... wires ...
My Citicar has over 12,000 miles on it. I was actually surprised to see so many. I think another reason why they have so few miles is that they were used for...
My 1980 Comuta Car has 8665 miles. In the high mileage bunch and enough miles to need new brake shoes as a couple are down to the rivets. The gasoline powered...
Hi, I saw this in a boat mag. The writer said he used a hot putty knife. He heated the putty knife with a heat gun or torch while sliding it through the...
Hi all- Am still crusing in my 1980 C-Car, and have put over 400mi on it since getting it running in September. Looking to put a PWm controller in it over the...
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