[FC] oil

Fri Feb 11 21:12:26 EST 2011

If you want the cool running of the 10w40 with plenty of ZDDP, you can 
always use a diesel oil - 15w40 works just fine and has the same hot 
viscosity.

On 2/11/2011 9:07 PM, BBRT wrote:
> Ron,
>
> I believe you should add it soonest. Especially if you didn't use a break-in
> oil formulated with Zinc additives. Additional ZDDP won't hurt and it may
> help the initial wear-in.  Most folks believe the new oils without ZDDP
> contribute to increased wear on camshafts and lifters.
>
> Chuck S
> BBRT
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "RON BLOOM"<bloomaz at msn.com>
> To:<corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:49 PM
> Subject: [FC] oil
>
>
>> Good evening
>> I have a question..i just overhauled my 110 in my 62 Greenbrier.. After
>> speaking With ken Hand I have changed oil using now 10-40 what a
>> difference in oil temp.. I found out 20-50 tends to hold heat and the temp
>> climbs.. I also found out useing a stright weight oil like 30 weight that
>> it thins out and oil pressure drops.. So Ken , A big THANK YOU!!!! Anyway
>> to my question . When I was in Palm Springs GWFBT I  won a qt of Rislone
>> eng oil Supplement with Zinc Treatment, is this something that can help my
>> eng or is this something I should sell at my next yard sale?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the input
>>
>> Ron
>> Tucson Az
>> 62 Greenbrier 110 slushy
>>> Today's Topics:
>>>
>>>     1. Re: Tire Safety *rant* (Joel McGregor)
>>>     2. Re: Corvair Alignment (was:  Tire question) (Joel McGregor)
>>>     3. Re: Tire Safety *rant* (Ron)
>>>     4. Shippers (Mike Clark)
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:11:07 -0600
>>> From: Joel McGregor<joelsplace at earthling.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [FC] Tire Safety *rant*
>>> To: "corvanatics at corvair.org"<corvanatics at corvair.org>
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <D522952017BFA547BC2D93BEBA6A3BE345546EEFC2 at W2K8SBS.joelsplace.local>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>>
>>> I always figured the safest thing to do is don't hit anything by learning
>>> how to drive and driving something that goes where you point it or modify
>>> what you have until it will.  That's one of my favorite things about
>>> Corvairs - they tend to go where you point them or at least the EMs do.
>>> LMs aren't as good at that.  All this front wheel drive spin about
>>> working better in ice and snow is just a lot of advertizing garbage.  The
>>> only place I've noticed that a front wheel drive car works better is from
>>> a dead stop in ice.  Once I'm moving give me a rear wheel drive car any
>>> day.  I have a FWD car I drive most of the time because it gets 30mpg but
>>> I drive a Corvair or my '82 Malibu (with sway bars adjusted for some
>>> oversteer) when the roads are slippery.  I made the mistake of driving my
>>> FWD with new tires the other day in the ice and was concerned about
>>> getting home in one piece.  The Malibu came out the next day with bald
>>> tires and did much better.  You can always steer a RWD
>> ca
>>>   r with the rear wheels but FWD stuff tends to not steer at all.  I've
>>> never driven any of my FCs in ice but I'm sure they are better than any
>>> FWD car.  AWD is another story but I don't have any of those.
>>> Joel McGregor
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:20:59 -0600
>>> From: Joel McGregor<joelsplace at earthling.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [FC] Corvair Alignment (was:  Tire question)
>>> To: "corvanatics at corvair.org"<corvanatics at corvair.org>
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <D522952017BFA547BC2D93BEBA6A3BE345546EEFC3 at W2K8SBS.joelsplace.local>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>>
>>> Alignment is one of the easier things to do yourself and one thing that
>>> shops tend to really do a poor job with because they can get away with it
>>> or they don't know or care enough to do a good job.  I used to do
>>> alignments at a shop and they didn't appreciate the amount of time I took
>>> to do it right.  "It's close enough".
>>> Take the time to make a few tools and it's pretty easy.  All you can set
>>> on a stock FC rear is the toe-in without changing spring or doing
>>> something custom.  I have an old chalk board aluminum tray with two
>>> pointers bolted to it for checking toe-in.  The front is a little more
>>> difficult.  You can check camber with a level on the wheel and caster
>>> with a level and a block that centers between the ball joints.  The
>>> computer alignment machines are just quicker not better.  When I went to
>>> the Hunter alignment school I checked my '63 on one machine, drove it off
>>> and back on and got a different set of readings.  I then checked it on a
>>> different machine and got a third set of readings.  Manual tools will get
>>> you the same reading every time.
>>> Joel McGregor
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:51:21 -0800
>>> From: "Ron"<ronh at owt.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [FC] Tire Safety *rant*
>>> To: "Joel McGregor"<joelsplace at earthling.net>,
>>> <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>>> Message-ID:<1542AB4B54704F0AB031C15A00D024BF at YOUR76500D519C>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>> reply-type=original
>>>
>>> My Rampside is terrible on ice, the worst car I have, The Toyota Solara
>>> is
>>> the best.
>>> RonH (Washington state)
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Joel McGregor"<joelsplace at earthling.net>
>>> To:<corvanatics at corvair.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:11 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [FC] Tire Safety *rant*
>>>
>>>
>>>> I always figured the safest thing to do is don't hit anything by
>>>> learning
>>>> how to drive and driving something that goes where you point it or
>>>> modify
>>>> what you have until it will.  That's one of my favorite things about
>>>> Corvairs - they tend to go where you point them or at least the EMs do.
>>>> LMs aren't as good at that.  All this front wheel drive spin about
>>>> working
>>>> better in ice and snow is just a lot of advertizing garbage.  The only
>>>> place I've noticed that a front wheel drive car works better is from a
>>>> dead
>>>> stop in ice.  Once I'm moving give me a rear wheel drive car any day.  I
>>>> have a FWD car I drive most of the time because it gets 30mpg but I
>>>> drive a
>>>> Corvair or my '82 Malibu (with sway bars adjusted for some oversteer)
>>>> when
>>>> the roads are slippery.  I made the mistake of driving my FWD with new
>>>> tires the other day in the ice and was concerned about getting home in
>>>> one
>>>> piece.  The Malibu came out the next day with bald tires and did much
>>>> better.  You can always steer a RWD ca
>>>> r with the rear wheels but FWD stuff tends to not steer at all.  I've
>>>> never driven any of my FCs in ice but I'm sure they are better than any
>>>> FWD car.  AWD is another story but I don't have any of those.
>>>> Joel McGregor
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 22:17:38 -0500
>>> From: "Mike Clark"<mclark67 at charter.net>
>>> Subject: [FC] Shippers
>>> To: "[FC] group"<corvanatics at corvair.org>
>>> Message-ID:<916B62D8FF1F480E8B09D32773B3CC95 at MikePC>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>> Good evening, group.  Wondered if anyone had a good name for dependable
>>> [and cheep] outfit to move a vehicle from San Diego to Atlanta.  A quick
>>> search of google gives me about a billion entries, none of them
>>> particularly helpful.  Thanks much.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Clark
>>> Stockbridge, Georgia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> End of Corvanatics Digest, Vol 73, Issue 9
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