<VV> Update - Let the Buyer Beware!

[Hank Kaczmarek]

All
Just an observation from talking to lots of people at corvair swap meets and 
national conventions.

It can be a crapshoot when you try to return an installed part to a Corvair 
Vendor.  From the bulk of folks I have talked to, the West Coast major 
vendor is more likely to "eat" a part you may have screwed up installing 
than the East Coast major vendor. This does not of course, mean that either 
vendor will take a financial loss on a part that the purchaser did not 
correctly install. Don't get pissed, especially if you know you may very 
well have had a large hand in the failure of the part.

I have mentioned in this forum before that a Master Cylinder is one of the 
easiest things for an inexperienced installer to mess up.

Bench bleeding (usually with a screwdriver pushing on the piston) if done by 
forcing the piston in too far, can cause failure of the seals on the piston, 
and the cylinder will never bleed out the air. Also turns the cylinder into 
a fresh rebuildable core.

Frankly, over the 8 years I have been on VV, there have been many 
discussions of retrofitting late models that came with the single MC system 
to the dual system, and many installers seem to have problems, even those 
who do plenty of Corvair work. I don't know if improper bench bleeding has 
been one of the problems.

IF you are a novice at brake work, find a FLAPS that carries Raybestos Brake 
parts. Most of these jobbers have a bench bleeder "machine" that clamps your 
MC in, and a handle to activate a rod into the plunger that will not let you 
depress the plunger too far and mess it up.

Hope these words find their way to those involved.  Others mileage may vary.

Disclaimer

 Someone may have smartass remarks to make about this post,  Don't pay any 
attention. I certainly won't.

HANK
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