[FC] 1962 Greenbrier Battery

[Mike Moyer]

Group 51 battery will work just fine

 
Mike Moyer
Navarre, FL
1945 Cushman Road King
1965 Monza Convertible 140 hp 4spd 3:55 Posi AM/FM
1965 Greenbrier 110 hp Powerglide
1982 Corvette Crossfire Automatic
1984 Corvette Z51 Crossfire Automatic


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 From: dan <dan at proseverse.com>
To: corvanatics at corvair.org 
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 1:35 PM
Subject: [FC] 1962 Greenbrier Battery
 
Replacing the battery in my '62 Brier. Looking for daily driver
functionality rather than concourse looks. 
I've read the 51R is the way to go, something that fits in a 2000 Honda.
Is this sensible and accurate? Are there enough CCR to run a 110 car engine?
Any experience with recent good or bad manufacturers?
Any input is appreciated. Thanks.

dAn
Folsom, CA

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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:40:32 GMT
From: "wern3 at juno.com" <wern3 at juno.com>
Subject: [FC] no clutch
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Bills advice is spot on. I drove a 1975 Fiat 124 from Saint Clair Shores,
Mich all the home to Nottingham in Detroit (on Mack Avenue was it?) with no
clutch. The only thing different for me was that I had my whole family in
the car at the time, and one time I had to make a sudden right turn into a
neighborhood to avoid stopping at a red light, went around the block always
turning right, and then "coasted" through a stop sign to get back onto Mack.
As I approached traffic lights, i would either downshift to first and crawl
toward an intersection as I waited for the light to change or else
accelerate like mad if I thought it was going to be close to changing. Does
anybody want to hear how I drove my current car to the mechanics shop with
no brakes?Tim W 
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:47:46 GMT
From: "wern3 at juno.com" <wern3 at juno.com>
Subject: [FC] how it happened
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I hate to go on and on when it is not Corvair related but forgot to say how
the clutch failed in my Fiat. The good folks in Italy took the top of the
clutch pedal and formed it into a fork by cutting a slot into the sheet
metal material, and rolling it into a half circle like two fingers holding a
baseball. A steel ball swaged onto the clutch cable fit between the fork.
One of the "fingers"  on the fork simply failed due to metal fatigue. I
fixed it by taking the pieces to a welding shop, they rewelded it, and then
I replaced the same part in the car and it never gave trouble after that.Tim
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:27:11 -0700
From: Bill & Chris Strickland <lechevrier at q.com>
Subject: Re: [FC] A clutch failure
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> I'm not Bill, but it is not all that hard.

Much easier to describe when one let's JR do it for you ... <grin>

Once one takes their foot off the throttle, shifting into neutral means 
move the lever -- no big deal -- then the engine isn't dead if the light 
turns green and you can put it into second, maybe -- avoids the shutting 
off step and re-starting in first

The biggest thing is practice, which is really hard when you have a 
working clutch, so disable it, then practice -- it's a bit of a bugger 
to have to learn out of necessity on a Friday afternoon in like the 
hills of Seattle or the Bay Area.

Bill Strickland


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