[NoVa-Corvairs] Frozen Engine

[Daniel Goldberg]

Hey,

All this talk about frozen engines reminds me of the
greatest line I ever encountered in a car magazine:

"When the [owner/restorer] first purchased the Super
Bee, the 440 Six Pack was frozen harder than a hooker's
heart."

Anyhow, just to make getting to my house easier:

-the streets in Arlington are in numerical and
alphabetical order (the named streets are in 1, 2, 3,
and 4 syllable runs)

-Route 50 is the North/South dividing line

-I live at 911 S. 21st Street b/t S. Ives and S. Joyce
(zip is 22202 for all you Mapquest freaks).

The Green Machine I think is on the brink of being
roadworthy (stop laughing -- I'm being completely
serious; it's not like I said it's on the brink of
being pretty).  Here's what needs to be done:

-Getting the car to turn over.  The distributor might
be in wrong, or a wire might be hooked up wrong. 
Whatever it is, there's an electrical (electronic?)
glitch.

-Bleeding the brakes again since they're totally soft. 
That guy who owned the Green Machine before me put in
DOT 5 fluid since he routinely raced it on the NASCAR
circuit.  I think I have a [$30!!!] jug somewhere.  If
not, we'll drain and put in DOT 4 stuff.

-Draining the gas tank.  I was derelict in not doing
this sooner, but there's about 3 years worth of stale
stuff in there.

-Inevitably, something unexpected.

Looking forward to seeing you all!

best,
daniel




On Fri, 7 May 2004 11:43:30 -0400, Curtis L Shimp wrote:

> 
> Ralph:
> 
> Regarding your fuel gauge, I would first check the
> ground connection at
> the fuel tank.  I think that there is a ground wire
> that runs to the fuel
> tank and I would clean this a check again or run a
test
> ground wire from
> a cleaned spot on the fuel tank sending unit base up
to
> the back of the
> gauge.  remember that the grounding design for the
> instrument panel is
> not elegant and the one ground strap near the steering
> column often fails
> to make an adequate ground connection.  Good luck.
> 
> 				Curt Shimp
> 
> 
> 
>
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