<VV> Lifter question

[Shaun]

At least I change my oil.<G>
SM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "corvairs" <lonwall@corvairunderground.com>
To: "Shaun" <shaun_mcgarvey@shaw.ca>
Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Lifter question


> Huh???  Too much Molson Shaun?  NOTHING will happen to your Pertronix
> when it's wired to the coil. I have run all of mine that way for the
> past 12 years. I've found that lifter problems like these are more the
> cause of low air pressure in the tires.....(sheesh)  Lon
>
> Shaun wrote:
>
> >I have found this to be a symptom of a Pertronix with the pos. wire
hooked
> >to the + side of the coil and not getting 12v. Could it be that simple?
> >The lifters are only going to work when fed with oil pressure, then they
> >essentially become solid lifters with an operating range for temperature
> >(expansion) compensation, something solid lifters can't do.
> >
> >yea, Vairily ... Shaun
> >
> ><Smit>
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: <BEllison@bbafiberweb.com>
> >To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:35 PM
> >Subject: <VV> Lifter question
> >
> >
> >>Original symptons...reason for the teardown...pulls strong to 3k, but no
> >>power after, in any gear.
> >>passenger side.
> >>
> >>Who wants to explain how all this works?  You've got a lifter, that has
a
> >>spring in it, that as it's pushed by the cam, the spring compresses,
> >>
> >pushing
> >
> >>oil up thru the push rod, to the rocker.  So, you're not supposed to get
> >>
> >as
> >
> >>much lift at the rocker as the cam is capable, w/o solid lifters.  But
how
> >>much is too much?
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Barry Ellison
> >>
> ><unSmit>
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