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What is the number series you are concerning about ? Is it a English number ?

In SL we have talented people than vehicle designers. Thats why they remove some unwanted parts. Feeling sad as a country where we move.

Do you think the members reply soon when opening multiple threads for same question ? Also there are enough existing thread for vehicle permits. You may ask this on one of those.

I would like to add the definition of the momentum here as it seems the above order can mislead something. "Momentum is the product of the mass and velocity of an object"

Hi @Malith14, Welcome to the forum. I too owning a Viva Elite manual car. Now its clocked 90k and still no any major issues found on it. After I brought, replaced front shock absorber mounts as the major repair (cost around 5-6k). Yes you need to bit care about ground clearance with front bumper. But its not a big issue. I am very happy about the car when considering room, comfort, fuel efficiency & appearance. So I can recommend Viva Elite as a good car. If you search the forum as @kmeeg proposed, it will provide enough information. Here is the link for you. Try to read much more topics in the forum and decide whether buy it or not by yourself. http://autolanka.com/forums/search/?q=viva Good luck.

Have you read this thread ? It may already have some information you need.

Thks @Davy for appreciation. Now it is proved there are members who doing DIY paint jobs too in the forum. How nicely you completed the job. According to me the knowledge and skills you gained is invaluable. In a situation when you haired a painter for a complex paint job, you can supervise his work by the knowledge gathered here. Also he may not easily cheat you. I did not think to create a thread to share progress and details of my Morris Minor restoration project as there are enough information available outside the forum. But if forum members willing to read those, I always like to share the details. So waiting for requests. Anyhow here are some images. Engine bay - original status Engine bay - after applying primer(Sorry. The image after removing old paint is missed) Engine bay - after applying filler Engine bay - after applying last coat. Next need to apply another coat + clear coat.

I expected direct and clear answers for my points. Your point "not to attempt any repairs by yourself" is totally frightening. Still you did not say who recommended such. I am not sure what you mean by 'talent' in tinkering and paining. It is require 'skill'. Australia offer skilled migration visas but not talent migration visas even for tinkers and painters. Not only these days, even in 1950's the Morris Minor workshop manual explains the way to do paint jobs (attach a page herewith for your reference). The thing is there are enough resources. But so called experts not following/using those. How many people read the users manual before operate a newly brought mobile phone ? Most people just power on it, pressing like monkeys and finding the ways. I am not seeing big difference with them and painters, electricians and mechanics in SL. Imagine how many hybrid systems, auto gear boxes, ECUs, car electronics ruined by them. If someone willing to do DIY job we need to encourage and support him by providing good resources rather discourage or frighten. That's what members expecting from a forum like this. Else we can say "go to garages for any mechanical, electrical, painting jobs and they are the expert" and it is recommended not to attempt any repairs by yourself. That will be end of all automobile forums. If people rarely attempting DIY jobs, as a forum we can encourage to do some simple DIY jobs. This is one way to build a knowledgeable and skilled nation. Isnt that worth as a country ?

May I know who has highly recommended not to attempt ANY repairs by ourselves ? I dont think the tinkers, painters in SL have much talent rather they have much more experience. They are joining to the industry as a helper (ගෝලයා) and getting knowledge. Who follow a professional course (even in a technical college) and join to the industry is very less percentage. Body filler container has instruction not to touch the body by naked hand before apply filler. But how many of painters follow it ? There is a area call DIY (Do It Yourself). If someone have enough capability and will to do a certain job, he can gather knowledge from various sources and do it him selves. The final quality of the job may differ with the persons skill level and tool used. But no one can recommend not to do such DIY jobs. In my case I am restoring a Morris Minor and doing most of the tasks by myself in my free time though I am not a mechanic, electrician and a painter. I dont have skill to do tinkering works. So I hired a tinker and completed tinkering tasks. Now I am in the stage of preparing body for apply final coat. I am doing these things as my hobby and very much happy about the quality I achieved so far. I agree your comment about paint booth. But in SL how many garages have paint booth ? In Colombo there may be some. How many cars have painted, painting without paint booth so far ? To conclude, doing ANY job (not only in automobile industry) by ourselves and not getting so called professional service is up to owners preference. No one can say not to do. P.S. There is a section in this forum about DIY. This thread also under it.

"We can give you an opinion on mileage. In some cases we can trace the Japanese document as well.". This is what they replied in FB page. Not sure its jaai.

This proves tuk riders knowledge of road rules and discipline too.

@Senaka keppetipola welcome to the forum. Guess this video provide the answer to your question.

This is already discussed and best explanation is given by @iRage and here is it.

Sorry I did not use wider tires. Search the forum about wider tires. You may find more information.

@Sanuka Jeewantha better you ask all Delica t120 questions in one thread. Guess @Admin can merge this thread to this. I never feel Delica t120 original steering system hard. So I propose you to repair it first as its more than 35 years old now. Also doing this type of conversion can mess up the system. Try to use it in original condition and feel it. Those days it said "ඩෙලිකා කියන්නේ පුවක් ගහෙත් යන්න පුලුවන් වාහනයක්".

Delica T120 having 34/38 sri number plates which fall onto class Light Motor Lorry (C1). @Davy's reference prove it. My father too had one. But in my case its a A class (old) drivers licence. So not faced any issue.

Guess it is not added to revenue licence fee yet. I have renewed a licence (YOM 1958 car) on May 2018 and fee was Rs 2200/- which is same as the last year fee.

This is from http://biz.adaderana.lk

Seems above link is not working. Following explains it. http://www.adaderana.lk/news/49070/import-duty-on-vehicles-below-1000cc-increased

"මේ වර්ෂය (2015) අවසානයට පෙර හදුන්වල දෙනවා." (1:28). So seems we need to wait.

I have seen most of gear change moved to floor board and alternator too converted. Check carefully about corrosion : Specially if it is repainted recently, Corrosion areas might be covered by body filler before paint. Also heard body parts are rare and expensive.

Hi @Jeffreyherft, Welcome to the forum. This topic has discussed already in a different thread. Hope it answer your question.

Following sites explain vehicle's emissions standard. Euro emissions standards | AA What emissions standard is my vehicle Euro 1 to Euro 6 – find out your vehicle's emissions standard

There is cage, asking the relevant province in the ownership transferring application. So it can do easily. You need to pay extra for plates. According to my memory it is 3k.

Watch this video and read below pdf to gather information. After watching it, I`m doing most basic things of restoring my Morris minor by myself. How To Paint A Car At Home In 4 Easy Steps (video) Causeway Automotive Paints (pdf) Debeer Paints (pdf)