<VV> Corvairs Experiences Gone Bad / counterpoint

[Shaun]

For goodness' sake, Matt.
You must:
Replace ALL brake system parts! They're 40 years old, you know.
Replace ALL wiring harnesses! They're 40 years old, you know.
Replace ALL your heating system! There could be Hanta virus microbes lurking
in there, you know.
Install low oil-pressure cut off AND impact switch on your electric fuel
pump. You know.
For good measure, completely reseal your drivetrain to be environmentally
responsible.

Don't even talk to us again until you've got that done! <GGG>

Shaun P.C. McGarvey
Pres. ULTRA North



> My 69 was "off the web"  sight unseen......reputable person said, "I'd buy
> the car if my garage wasn't full".  Good enough for me!
>
> Friends that "picked up" the car to trailer to painter...."  Car runs
> bitchen!"
>
> Painter....."Rough but great!"
>
> 2 weeks later painter says, "  Windows are frozen...keys don't
work.....and
> oil pours out of engine when I jack up drivers side. Plus engine is hard
> starting when it's cold..right front wheel is FROZEN  to hub!"
>
> I tell him  dismantle windows.and lube, I'll buy NEW locks fron
Lon.......add
> oil after your done....then have trailered to me...don't worry...
>
> Now the problems start;
>
> I get the car....driven off trailer......1 hr. later battery
> dead!.......Charge battery..start car....find  not charging.........check
wiring..find exciter
> wire [ brown ]  is connected to taillights!..only charges if lights are
> on....easy fix.....
>
> I drive to gas station to fill tank.....gas runs out on ground as tank
> fills........drive back home......buy new hoses...another easy
fix......check
> engine for oil leak.....bad Valve cover gasket....no heat shield in
> desert....cooked!.....replace.....To  remove Right front wheel..it takes a
10 foot bar
> against steering arm...POP...clean corrosion...lube....no problem....
>
> After putting thermostats in..heater works fine for a few
> times..then...nothing......jack up car.....inspect heater
ducting......take time to THINK  about
> problem....take 30 minutes to GENTLY dislodge  34 yr. old 6"  ducting from
> plenum at BOTTOM ...reach in and remove Rats nest.....blow air BACK  from
pass.
> area to make sure it's cleaned out....HEAT!
>
> Engine is STILL very hard to start....100 pumps..with   electric pump..and
> chokes BOTH working [one rod was not in thermo spring]..but only  little
single
> squirts from accel pumps...remove carbs...no kits with me.......CLEAN  all
> holes....cluster  pic up tube was plugged on pass. side......accel. squirt
holes
> partially plugged.......engine now starts with 1  pedal depression...
>
> All this could have been done..while "on the road", as Joel and JR  can
> attest......luckily I was not!  ggg
>
> Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
> 69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
> Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.
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