Maintenance
	Since there is neither an air-conditioner nor a power-steering mechanism, the engine bay is very simple. Former owner exchanges an K&N air filter. If normal, the air cleaner box is attached. A baggage space can be put now on photograph this side in fact. Although there is a baggage behind the engine made from the FRP, it has removed in order to make air stream (for engine cooling). Probably, almost all the Europa owner has removed.
	It is a circumference of the rear drive shaft which I do not remember how many times it was disassembled. It is the most weak point of Europa. A hub bearing hurting and a drive shaft lock nut loosen and spline of a shaft becomes sifted then... that a tire will fall out when the worst if it becomes so. Since the drive shaft of rear serves as the upper arm, the shaft itself tends to expand and contract. Although spline is cut to the outer drive shaft, It is for preventing a skid a hub. since the stress naturally joins missions, upright, and a hub bearing drive shaft universal joint, a hub, and a hub spacer etc. What is the easiest to hurt　is a hub-spacer. Since this part hurts first, other expensive parts do not need to get damaged. I have to try to want to have to carry out a painful thought several times until it is known.
	I had reassembled many times drive-shuft, hub assembly.
	The special tool and others only for Europa 　Two upper spanners are used when loosening or fastening the nut of a door hinge. Thickness inserts and uses thinly the spanner on the left-hand side of the upper for the crevice between doors. The tool which turned off the wrench off by the grinder is a thing for fastening the nut inside a door. A door hinge is fixable firmly by these two tools. The lower red tool had the griddle with a thickness of 5mm processed and made in an ironworker place. When loosening or tighting a nut, it uses After removing a rear wheel, a wheel nut uses through four small holes, fixing to the stud bolt for wheel fixation. The portion of a handle touch the ground it is made for loosens or fastens a nut. Maintaining Europa, the tool in which a nut can be loosened or fastened is required
	Sometimes my Europa was out of condition likes in fuel empty condition, especially on the climbing road.　Although I thought fuel missing occurred in the carburetor, I found fuel empty occurred in the fuel filter connected to the carburetor.　That meaning is fuel doesn't come to the carburetor.　When I turned the key position to 2, fuel pump didn't drive with smoothly.　So I removed the fuel pump, and check it out to connect the 12V electrode.　The pump active solenoid rapid clicking noise heard unusual sounds.　And electric connection ground terminal seems coated by oil & dust.　I scare that I drove the car in this condition. 　The fuel pump was replaced with new one which I had bought it before, and clean up for make sure good ground the electronic ground terminal & grounding bolt.　The solid state electronic fuel pump was made by Facet Enterprises, Inc. and model number is FSE40105 22H2.
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