Starting a cold engine using the ZIL-5301 electric torch device

The electric torch device (ETD) is designed to facilitate starting a cold engine at an ambient temperature below minus 5°C

ZIL-5301 Electrical Equipment Diagram

Usually vibration on ZIL-5301 is felt most at a speed of 60-70 km/h

If vibration occurs when driving ZIL-5301:

Assembly of the pressure plate should be carried out in the reverse order of disassembly, on an auxiliary flywheel used as a device, placing a steel disk with a diameter of 300 mm and a thickness of 9.8 mm under the clutch pressure plate to adjust the position of the levers

The ZIL-5301 vehicle with division along the sides uses a flangeless two-cavity brake chamber, designed to act on the master brake cylinder and installed together with it on a bracket on the front panel of the cabin under the hood of the vehicle

The final drive can be adjusted or repaired without removing the rear axle from the vehicle