<VV> '65 Corvair question.

[Roger Gault]

Cash,

Valve stuck open and hitting piston?
Pull the valve covers and be sure they're all behaving.

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cash Case" <cash.case at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 4:42 PM
Subject: <VV> '65 Corvair question.


> I've got a motor that I'm tuning up before we put it in my son's car.
> I changed the car from an auto to a manual.
> I replaced front and rear main seals and new distributor internals
> and spark plugs. I replaced the bell housing and oil filter housing
> gaskets.
> While trying to get the distributor set correctly I was turning the
> crankshaft by it's center bolt. Just before TDC the crank stops
> turning. I tried turning it the other direction but when it gets
> almost to the same place it locks again.
>
> Before I pull the heads off and commit to all that stuff, does anyone
> have any idea what I might be able to eliminate first.
>
> I'm now fairly certain that I was seriously ripped off on this
> engine. The guy I purchased it from said that it was running. I'm
> finding all kinds of stuff that makes me doubt it. I'm not even going
> to admit how much I paid for this motor. It was the only (supposedly)
> complete 110 motor that I found that someone wanted to sell me.
>
>
> Cash Case, Art guy -
> Home phone: 972-444-8531
> Cell phone: 214-280-8998
> "Some people are like slinkies.
> They're not worth much,
> but you can't help but smile
> when they tumble down the stairs!"
>
>
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