[NoVa-Corvairs] Yellow car is back!

Darrin Hartzler dhartzler at ifc.org
Mon Dec 29 12:07:39 EST 2008


Thanks to Greg coming and giving me a hand on Saturday, I got the motor 
out and back in all on the same day.  I needed to finish up a few things 
on Sunday, but had it driving by kickoff time yesterday.   We swapped in a 
known good 66 and later transaxle...it had a 64-65 set installed that went 
bad.  The 66 up Sag is definitely a clunkier shifting trans, but works 
great.

We also found that the front crossmember which holds the transmission to 
the front mounts had sheared two of the three bolts holding it in...and 
the last one was loose.   It was v ery near to dropping the front of the 
powerpak on the ground.   No wonder it was handling a bit funny.   The 
tranny going bad saved a worse fate I guess.

Since neither AJ nor Daniel were there, not a single picture of a person 
standing in the engine compartment as taken!   Next time.

Thanks again Greg!   Drove it to work today...the 61 will sit for a bit 
again.

Darrin


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