<VV> Resurrection

[Stephen Upham]

	I was able to get the '65 plates, title, and registration done at the 
same time on Thursday.  It only took about thirty minutes.  What I 
thought would be a big hassle, went as smooth as silk.
	I bought some clear plastic and chrome plate covers today after work 
and at the FLAPS about 5:40 and then the wife and I went to Lucas to 
pick the car up and drive it home.  After I folded the car cover and 
put it in the back of the Durango, I put the new plate mounts on.  It 
started right up although it didn't want to idle until it warmed up.
	The first half of the trip was uneventful and the car seemed to be 
performing well.  It's a thirty mile highway trip.  The temperature 
gauge warmed until it reached it's maximum temp of 280.  If it got any 
hotter than that, I wouldn't know, but the idiot lights stayed off.  At 
about the twenty mile mark, the engine noise began to increase but 
there was no loss of power.
	When I arrived home, the noise was louder.  I opened the hood and 
found that the blower bearing is continuing to throw out lubricant.  As 
I had to get gas, I decided to let the engine cool and then see if the 
source of the sound is from a tight new engine running a little warm or 
something more sinister.  I suspected that a failing blower bearing 
should be making a high squeaking sound like the bearings in a power 
steering unit of lesser cars going out.  I listened for that and didn't 
hear anything.  After about thirty minutes, I started the car again and 
it started right up and ran well without excessive noise.  I took it to 
the gas station and filled it up.  While driving home, I had the same 
symptoms begin to appear.  It sounds like a knocking sound when the car 
is traveling over 40 mph or decelerating after warming up.
	By the time that I had gotten home, my wife told me that she could 
hear the car going by the house from inside!  Having never heard a 
Corvair, she wasn't sure what it was until I walked in the door.  This 
is a little more aggressive than the normal Corvair sound (loud).  
Also, the transmission is kicking when it shifts up or down although it 
seems to occasionally, but not always, shift from low to drive in a 
"normal" fashion.  It had been constantly shifting early at about 
400-600 rpm every time after it warmed up.
	Well, now it's safe in the garage until I can inspect it again 
tomorrow morning and try to clean up the lubricant that has been slung 
all over my new engine compartment.  I was going to take the car to 
it's first club meeting tomorrow, but now I'm not so sure (another 
forty mile round trip).
	The lubricant rising out from the space between the bearing and the 
axis would indicate??? (We repacked it last Saturday after we noticed 
that it was spitting up lubricant and this was its first running since 
then).  The knocking that starts after warming up would be ??? (oil 
good and clean, half way between full and add) and the transmission 
kicking like a horse is due to  (fluid level checked a little high, but 
has a new modulator, clean screen, new gasket and fluid) ???

Stephen Upham
Dallas, Texas
Corvairium II

Mid prod. #18732 -1965 Monza sedan 110 (now closer to 112)
Sierra Tan (originally, currently Copper) - Saddle, PG, A/C, original 
AM/FM, clock, tint, oil bath air filter, vertical bumper guards, w/ 77K 
(for now)
(Out of group red for the first time in twelve years!  ... and perhaps 
headed back :( )