JAMES399

Here's a pic of the Crank Assy. There is a metal lever that I have highlighted. Is this some sort of lock ? ?

Site deleted some of my post. Supposed to say, " Does the small lever on the front of the crank assy have anything to do with it ?? I can't get it to move in any direction either."

We.'ve owned our '94 forman wagon forever (it was parked for 5 years.) Over the past few years I've going completely through it, and now EVERYTHING has either been replaced, upgraded, or rebuilt. It rides, handles, and runs better than a new one. We leave our new cars at home, and always drive it when we go on trips because it's comfortable, economical and fun to drive. One of these days, I'll get around to having it painted. I still have 2 problems with it: First, I have never been able to get the sunroof open. No matter how hard I try to turn the crank in either direction, it refuses to break loose. The manual does not tell which direction to turn the crank to open it. Even if it did, I don't read Czechoslovak or whatever Eastern European language it's written in. Does the small lever on the front of thI've included pics of the crank assy in this post. Second, I want to replace the stock steering wheel (which is toast) with an aftermarket wheel, but can't locate a Skoda steering column adapter kit. Does some model of VW steering wheel fit our Forman ?? I can get a kit for VWs. Anyone have the answers to these Questions ?? Help please !! - JAMES P.S. I'll post the pics in a minute or two

We have a '94 Forman that we have owned for the past 10 years. When it was our daily driver, it served us well considering that it was beat to hell on our rough dirt roads every day. When the local roads were finally paved and we were able to afford newer cars, we stopped using the Forman, and it's been parked for the last 5 years. My wife has a new job that requires a lot of driving on the back country dirt roads here, and we decided to resurrect the Forman rather than beat the crap out of her brand new SUV. I flushed the fuel system, put in fresh gas, changed the oil, primed the carb, and she started right up. Runs perfectly. Trouble is ... every morning she refuses to start untless I pour some gas down the carb. After the first start, it starts and runs perfectly all day. But next morning, it refuses to start again unless I pour gas in the carb. I bought a 2nd carb rebuild kit and am rebuilding the carb now, because whenever I pump the throttle in the morning, the accelerator pump doesn't seem to be squirting any fuel into the engine. Hopefully this will fix the problem, I'm posting this to ask (especially Ricardo M) If this doesn't fix the problem, WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE ??? Ricardo ... did I miss something ?? The first time I had the carb rebuilt, I took it to the so-called Skoda carb "expert" to have it done, and had same problem after the rebuild. Other than this starting problem in the morning, our Forman is 100% reliable. We NEED to get this morning hard start problem resolved!! PLEASE HELP !!!