<VV> Re:

Tony tonyu@roava.net
Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:10:03 -0800


At 0849 02/17/2004 -0500, NOSVAIR@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 2/16/2004 6:30:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:
>
>> "Big John" from Ohio poured oil regularly down the front fresh air intake
>> passages in his silver '60 700 to allow it to run along the insides of the
>> rockers, kept them greased up and preventing them from rusting.  Oil would
>> dribble out of the rear drain ahead of the back wheels...   
>
>  "Big John" shoulda cleaned the leaves out of his lower intakes and welded 
>up the rusted holes into his rockers....unlike a LM the rockers of an EM
aren't 
>supposed to have air, water, oil, leaves, etc from the air intake flowing 
>through them.  


He had no leaves or crud or rust etc in the rockers of his '60 Vair... just
oil.   That's why it had no rust in it.   


tony..