<VV> Help!!!!! I need help in correcting a severe lack of powerproblem.

[Shaun]

Use your hand to cover each carb in turn. One will kill the engine, one will
have no effect. The one with no effect isn't working.
Rev it up with your hand over that carb a few times, releasing your hand
after a couple of seconds and not over-revving the engine.
My wife calls it 'the carb thing'. I call it water or other junk in the
venturi cluster.
Water is heavier than gas and is harder for the engine to pull through the
cluster tube. Applying full engine vacuum by covering the carb will suck it
through, but not too much, I think it can damage the float.

yea, Vairily ... Shaun
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JRVIDRINE at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: <VV> Help!!!!! I need help in correcting a severe lack of
powerproblem.



Folks,
I am at my wits end on the cause of my problem.  It has no power and won’t
get up above 45  mph.  I haven’t had my 62 Monza Coupe running right ever
since
before I broke my ankle in April.  For the past month, I have been
attempting
to get her running right, but  run into dead ends each time.  I can get it
to
idle, and it will  accelerate and run smoothly while in neutral.
Some background:  This spring the car was up on jack stands  to replace the
broken emergency brake cable.  I got that done and was working on  cleaning
up
the engine compartment and repainting the shrouds and changing out  the
perimeter seals from shroud to body.  I was just about finished with that
when I
fell and broke my ankle on tax  day.  I was back working on it with  my cast
on
about 6 weeks later, but that really slowed things down.  Prior to starting
this work, it ran  fine.
No matter what I have tried the car has no power and will  not run more than
45mph.  It will  stay in low gear (powerglide) until I lift my foot and then
it will shift into  high.  Then additional petal will  finally get it up to
45mph or drop down into passing gear, but no speed greater  than 45mph.
To give some background on the car, I will list the  following work that I
have done in the recent past (last year or so):  (1) Gas tank cleaned and
sealed
with new  sending unit and gas screen; (2) Two brand new NOS carburetors;
(3)
Installed a  metal cased Wix fuel filter above the left rear wheel where the
flex hose used  to be; (4) I have just replaced the vacuum advance today.  I
was thinking that perhaps I wasn’t  getting proper vacuum advance; (5)
pulled
the muffler to see if the exhaust was  restricted.  It wasn’t restricted as
it
would do the same thing without the muffler.  I used a uni-sync to balance
the  carburetors and set the idle as best I could.  Finally get it to idle
fairly well at  1000 rpm.  It doesn’t want to idle  slower.  I changed out
the
rubber  hoses that connect from the carburetor base to the metal tubing that
feeds
 vacuum back to the powerglide’s modulator.  That shouldn’t have done
anything but good in my opinion.  I have set the points at .016 and the
timing is
set at 13 degrees with the vacuum disconnected.
Another thing that is troubling is this, although it will  idle fairly well
when shifted into reverse or drive it chokes down and runs very  rough and
dies
unless you give some judicious gas by pumping the  accelerator.  Again no
power - - top  speed 45 mph.
At one time I thought I had a dragging brake causing the problem (the  brake
actually was dragging) until I adjusted it loose.  I am sure that isn’t an
issue  now.
I have wondered if it is a  fuel pump problem, but several people have told
me that if it is, it would surge  while accelerating.  I don't seem to feel
anything like that.  It has  a mechanical fuel pump and could be the
original for
all I know.
I would appreciate any and all help and suggestions on correcting this
situation with the car.  I haven’t  been able to enjoy it all summer because
of the
broken ankle and now that it is  healed I can’t drive it.  What a  bummer.
Thanks
Randy Vidrine
Branch, LA
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