<VV> Rebuild II

[Stephen Upham]

	I got the left head on last night.  The service manual says to tighten 
the rockers until the play in the push rods is taken up.  I opted for a 
cross between that and Richard Finch's advise to snug them to just 
touch the valve springs.  I just want to make sure that the push rods 
will stay in the proper position for the hole in the side of the push 
rod tube to be pointed at the ball of the rocker arm.

	I then proceeded to the next step in the service manual and got my 
"new" oil cooler that I bought at our clubs auction last year.  I felt 
that I had best replace the cooler because of the nature of the last 
engine failure.  For some reason, perhaps divine providence, I shook 
the cooler after I picked it up off of the shelf.  I honestly don't 
know why I did it, but it probably saved my rebuild from a third 
rebuild.  It sounded like a salt shaker.  I saw debris coming out of 
the oil ports.  I took a piece of paper and began to collect the 
debris.  I felt them and they felt metallic.  I then ran a magnet under 
the paper, and lo and behold, IRON.
	I'm just livid that a fellow Corvair enthusiast and club member would 
sell this engine ruining piece of equipment.  I consider myself 
extremely lucky not to have installed it before I discovered the debris.
	Now, I'll need to spend another $30 dollars or so, and wait another 
ten to twelve days to complete this part of the assembly ... but I 
consider myself blessed.

Stephen Upham
Dallas, Texas
Corvairium //

Mid prod. #18732 -1965 Monza sedan 110 (block together, pistons and 
cylinders, and both heads deflashed and mounted complete with rockers 
and push rods, deep feed oil pan, vent cover, rear engine housing and 
crank pulley).
Sierra Tan, originally (currently Copper) - Saddle, zero rust, PG, A/C, 
original AM/FM, clock, tint, oil bath air filter, vertical bumper 
guards, w/ 77K (and continuing to hold)
(Still in group red, light at the end of the tunnel : I