[NoVa-Corvairs] Corvair Ranch

[37fingers73 at comcast.net]

Now there is something that I never considered. Dropping a valve seat in the middle of nowhere dosen't sound like a fun time to me. If my van was a manual trans I probably would already have been taking it out of gear on the downhills. With automatic transmissions it just feels unnatural to be switching around the gear selector. Ill be sure to take it out of gear on downhills now. 

-Jason

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From: Darrin Hartzler <dhartzler at ifc.org> 

> Jason, 
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> That is great....sounds like the van is pretty reliable. 
> 
> Just a note on the downhill part, be sure and take it out of gear and 
> coast rather than winding it up in gear as you descend. The engine gets 
> very hot on the climbs so if you descend right away with the car in gear 
> and engine winding out, the fan sort of super cools the motor (due to low 
> load, high RPM winding of the engine and the resulting fast spinning fan) 
> and can result in a dropped valve seat on a head. My dad did this in our 
> trip across the Rockies for the 73' or 74' Corsa convention in Seattle. He 
> "won" the hard luck award at the banquet. Not a happy man. 
> 
> Darrin 
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> Our West Virginia camping trip was a success and the greenbrier did a 
> great job of getting us there and back, though some of the mountain climbs 
> didnt allow the van to achieve more than 20 mph. With all our gear and 
> three of us in tow I took it easy on the big uphills and winding 
> downhills. Sadly I will be missing the August meeting also, as I will be 
> driving the vair to northern Pennsylvania for more camping. The route 
> brings me strait through Gettysburg so I will be visiting the corvair 
> ranch for the first time. If there is anything anyone needs from the ranch 
> I could easily pick it up on the 18th when I stop through. I hope to make 
> it to the September meeting to see what you guys have been up to. 
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> -Jason 
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