<VV> Re: 110 engine bent and broken pushrod

[Gary Swiatowy]

ON my Greenbrier with a 110 I discovered 3 bent pushrods on a good running 
motor. I had pulled it apart for push rod tube seals. I am assuming a 
previous owner simply over tightened them. 2 were obviously bent, the 3rd 
was only noticeable when rolling over a flat surface. Motor really ran great 
with everything fixed and a proper cold valve adjustment.
A few years ago, I was working on a friends motor to see why it ran so 
poorly and had no power. This was a car he bought in non running condition. 
4 push rods bent enough to bend the tubes making it a 4 cylindr motor. How 
or why I'll never know, something a previous owner did.
You could have a stuck valve, stick a couple push rods in and try it. If it 
fails, you have more to go. But I would check other push rods as well by 
rolling them over a flat surface.

Gary Swiatowy

> <snip>
> Corvair Comrades;
> In the continuing (but now, perhaps winding down) saga of the rebuilt 110
> engine I installed in my '62 700 sedan, I've discovered a bent pushrod for 
> the #5
> intake valve. (Went looking when I found the #5 cylinder to be dead.) When 
> I
> grasped the end of the damaged pushrod to pull it out of the tube, about 
> an
> inch of the pushrod broke off. It appears to have broken at a factory 
> weld. I
> could see no damage to any other parts. I have no idea what might have 
> caused it
> to break. I bought this engine from an individual who sold it as 
> completely
> rebuilt with about 10K miles on it. Unfortunately, the engine sat for the
> better part of two years, or maybe longer, before I installed it. At any 
> rate, I
> have replaced the broken pushrod and cycled the valve by turning the 
> engine over
> by hand, and there appears to be nothing binding or not operating as it
> should. Anything else I should do before I fire the engine again?
> Regards, Richard Burger   <unsnip>