<VV> Vvvvvrrrrrrrooooooooommmmmmm!!!!

[N. Joseph Potts]

Congratulations! Don't worry about the smoke. It's a characteristic of
air-cooled engines that you will grow accustomed to, and it doesn't happen
all the time anyway. If the smoke doesn't clear up after half an hour of
running, THEN maybe you've got a problem.
     Have you as yet removed and inspected the sintered-bronze fuel filters,
one in each carburetor? They're easy to get at and can be hard to inspect
(depending on HOW clogged they are). But they're cheap and easy to get
replacements for, which is what I recommend. Your local auto-parts store
will have them, as they applied to MOST GM vehicles of the 60s and 70s.
     If the new filters clog up fast, you've got to derust your fuel system
back up to, and probably including, the fuel tank (or at least the sock). In
order to diagnose the new filters clogging up fast, consider acquiring a
double dose (four?) of filters when you find them.
     By the way, to charge the battery in your Corvair without running the
Corvair OR removing the battery, just hook up the jumper cables from your
truck with your truck's engine running, and leave it like that for half an
hour or so.

Joe Potts
Miami, Florida USA
1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Frog Princezz
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 6:05 PM
To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Vvvvvrrrrrrrooooooooommmmmmm!!!!

Yeah you guessed it... SHE RUNS!!!!!  I put in another fuel pump and push
rod, hand primed it and gas came out of the "T", then I connected the fuel
lines to the pump and cranked the car from the cheater and gas came out of
the fuel lines at the carbs, then I connected the lines to the carbs and
nothing.  So I put in some carb cleaner, tapped the carbs tried to started
it again.  Still nothing but my battery was draining so I jumped the battery
to my truck put some started fluid in the carbs and ... SUCCESS!!!!  She
then started on her own and ran for a while and several times after.  Then
she wouldn't start again without the jump, I reconnected to the gas tank and
she labored to start but she did but wouldn't run long.

So there is my new problem, could it be the fuel sock thingy that is clogged
or what?
Oh yeah, the engine got all smokey like there may be some debris down it it,
what's the best way to clean it out?

Today is a landmark day for me and my Vair, I actually drove her about 3
WHOLE FEET!!

The FrogPrincezz is soon to ride!