<VV> powerglide leak

[J R Read_HML]

Duh!

You be right, he DID say it was a late - so there are NO staples.

There IS a metal spring in the bottom edge of the rubber seal which might 
LOOK a bit like a double row of staples.  It just slides (well, maybe gets 
forced) onto the upper edge of the engine shrouding.  The upper end of the 
rubber is held in place by the retainers around the perimeter of the engine 
bay.  There are 8 (maybe 9?) pieces to the retainer.  Each corner piece only 
fits a specific corner - the others will be obvious.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <AeroNed at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> powerglide leak


>
> In a message dated 12/7/2005 8:57:19 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> hmlinc at sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> But,  never had an early - so never had to deal with the  staples.
>
>
> But JR, he said he has a 66. They're not stapled earlies...
>
> The easy explanation for the PG cable fix works if the cable housing  is
> cracked. This usually happens near where the cable goes into the trans. 
> You  get a
> piece of gas line with an inside diameter about the same as the OD of the
> cable. Slice the hose so that you can put it over the damaged area of the 
> cable.
> Place the hose so that the slice is away from the crack in the cable and
> secure  it with some hose clamps.
>
> As for the perimeter seal, lates don't use staples. The seal is held in by 
> a
> group of small, 1 inch wide, metal strips. These strips have a square 
> "bump"
> that corresponds to a raised square on the seal. This is how the seal is 
> held
> to  the body. The seal has a spring "U" on the other end. The "U" clips to 
> a
> "wall"  on the engine shrouds. This can be difficult along some areas when 
> the
> engine is  completely install, but not impossible.
>
> Now, if you have and early or for the others that do, you would have to 
> deal
> with staples. Terry "Yoda" Kalp taught me this trick which I think he got
> from the Tech manual (?). First remove all of the staples from both the 
> shrouds
> and the retaining strips. Next drill some small holes in both for pop 
> rivets,
> about an inch apart. Then just pop rivet the pieces together, of course 
> with
> the  seal in the middle. The pop rivets that the place of the staples.
>
> Hope that helps more than it hurts,
> Ned
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