[NoVa-Corvairs] 1960 Gas Heater

[Justin Paul]

What I can add to this is that when I started the car, fuel leaked into the compartment and it obviously must be bevause the gas heater is not firing up?

J. Smalley


On Dec 23, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Justin Paul <jp0181 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I wanted to get as much input as I can get to resolve my issue for those of you who have tampered with the gas heater? I hooked all fuel lines back up to the heater with the exception of overflow fueline that circulates back into the tank. Upon checking the heater fuse and messing with the push buttons  in the compartment, I noticed the heater now it's other components were firing up, turning on or etc. I decided to take the gas heater apart and I did. I removed the combustion chamber, cleaned out the ventilation blower of debree and inspected the spark plug and combustion chamber. All seems to be in good condition. I tested the ventilation blower and the other blower used to blow air and they both work! Tested via car battery charger! 
> I'm not getting power no anything in reference to the combustion chamber, when the car is turned on, no blowers operating? Think the relay or something is prohibiting the operation of the gas heater as a whole? Perhaps someone can shed some light? I have the shop manual and a popular mechanics insert I found that goes into detail about the operation of the gas heater! So you all know I drove my Corvair from Virginia to Ohio with no problems. Other than not having any heat, lol. I used to full tanks of gas and two quarts of oil were added! No temp lights or other lights turned on during my drive. Any help while I have the gas heater apart and going through would be helpful. I would like to get it running and the over flow fuel line broke of upon dropping the gas tank and taking the line off a few months back. Not really sure how important that aspect of the process is? 
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> Merry Christmas!
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> V/R
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> Justin
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> On Dec 18, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Richard Widman <rwidman at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> You could try to maintain a steady 60 mph between two mile posts on the highway. But I prefer the GPS.
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>> Then you can make it indicate a little faster by reducing the spring tension on the back of the speedometer (yes, requires pulling the instrument cluster), or slower by putting more tension on it. If you take too much tension off, it will bounce more.
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>> On Dec 18, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Justin Paul wrote:
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>> How would i adjust my speedometer to read correctly based on my tire and wheel size besides having a GPS?
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>> J. Smalley
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>> On Dec 18, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Richard Widman <rwidman at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Here are a couple of suggestions from what I see. On the other side there are some bars that could use straightening.
>>> Some areas look real nice, others look a little dull, but again, taking pics of this stuff is hard. the process should basically be work your way up to finer grits, then polish when no scratches can be seen
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