To fix the problem properly, I first removed the ignition barrel ( this short video shows how to do that). Since I have all the manuals with the wiring diagram for the car I was able to then work out what exact connections were failing in the ignition barrel. This worked very well and we were able to get Nivinha out of the forest back home :-) This was a real breakthrough for me with my Portuguese learning too because this was quite a complicated conversation and I was able to successfully explain the problem in detail and answer questions about the symptoms and then understand what he said I should do. Luckily he was really helpful and even though he didn't have the right part, he explained that I could temporarily fix the problem by attaching a wire from the positive of the battery to the positive of the coil and remove it when we want the engine to stop. Beth sent me to get the replacement from a shop on the main road when we were in Canela with her parents, but I miss-heard the instructions and went to our 4x4 mechanic Fernando instead. We talked to one of the neighbours who said that it was the ignition barrel needing to be replaced and that a Fiat one should would ok. We couldn't start her again, the starter motor would go and the engine would turn while the key was in the start position, but when the key was released to let the starter motor stop, the engine would also stop. Poor Nivinha was stuck in the forest again for over a month at the start of the year when we were carrying some wood from the field to the house and she suddenly stopped. Posted by Nad on 25 January 2014 at 15:37 But now they see that this is an extremely healthy and fulfilling way of living and completely understand why we're doing it :-) The pictures really don't tell the whole story and they were a bit worried about us and thinking it wasn't good for our health and well being. It was really nice having them here, and I think it was really good for them to see first hand what it's like here and how we live. We all went to Canela a few times to go overboard on cakes and coffee! in Portuguese they say "pé na jaca" which translates literally as putting your foot in the durian and it means to go overboard and have too much of a good thing :-) We also had many good meals at home including an indoor vegetarian "Churrasco" on our wood stove which is the cultural style of Brazilian barbecue cooking. They came all the way here from Brasilia by car which is over 2000km! It went really well and they really loved it here! we were a bit nervous before hand because we thought they wouldn't like our basic facilities and having to wash in the river, but they were really happy with everything :-) they brought a huge load of vegetables and fruit trees for us to plant, we have chillis, lemons, pineapples, bananas, mangos, papayas and more! many of them may not be able to handle the climate down here, but we've tried planting them at the border of the forest and the garden where there's no frost but hopefully enough sun. This post has the following tags : Our second year on the landīeth's parents arrived on January the 9 th and stayed for nine days.
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