<VV> damper door adjustment

[Joe West]

I can't speak for the proper way to do it... But I can tell you how I do it.
I usually adjust the door so that there is roughly 1/16" of opening at the
top with the outside temperature around 70 degrees... Basically, no tension
on the door at all.

>From an engineering standpoint, I would think that it would not be a good
idea to always have the thermostat be in tension trying to pull the door
closed against a stop.  I like for systems at rest... To be at rest :D

Joe West


On 2/28/05 2:41 PM, "Keith Hammett" <khammett at stainlessfab.com> wrote:

> My weekend started on Friday with the permanent family planning in the
> doctors office.  On Saturday I couldn't take sitting around doing nothing,
> so I wandered out to the garage to see what I could do.  After putting away
> some tools I picked up the bushings for the damper door and thought I can do
> this it won't hurt and besides I will be laying on the creeper and I can
> prop my feet up like the doctor said to do for thirty minutes at a time.
> Who knew that working on a corvair was therapy?
> 
> The damper door went into place easily enough.  I then went to hook up the
> thermostat rod and found out that my hand would not fit into the opening in
> order to put the rod on the door.  This problem was easily fixed with a
> welding rod bent into a hook.  I then realized that there was a lot of
> tension on the rod when the door is in the closed position.  I continued to
> fool around with it and now have it set so there is little tension on the
> rod, but the door is closed all the way.  Is this correct?  If not what is
> the procedure to do this?
> 
> By the way, the work ended after the mail was delivered and the March issue
> of the Communique was delivered.  This gave me something to do, without fear
> of hurting myself.  Sure was a great issue, I read it at least twice
> straight through.
> 
> Keith Hammett
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