<VV> Electrical gremlins

[Bryan Blackwell]

I don't think so - I've seen several Corvairs with the wrong fan that  
otherwise ran fine.  If it does have the wrong fan, it would be good  
to swap it while you have the alternator off for testing.

--Bryan

On Aug 6, 2008, at 4:57 PM, Marc Sheridan wrote:

> Could it be a non-Corvair alternator and the cooling fan is running
> backwards?
>
> Marc Sheridan
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:51 PM, <Corvkid50 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I just got this 66 110 running and had trouble getting it to idle.  
>> Changed
>> carbs, fuel pump, Plugs and nothing fixed it. Ran good but would  
>> not idle.
>> I
>> noticed the alt was hot to the touch so I unplugged the square  
>> plug and now
>> it
>> idles down and runs perfect. As soon as I plug it back in it dogs  
>> down and
>> kills  the engine. I am going to have the Alt checked out but any  
>> guesses
>> if
>> it's the  alt or something else? I'm not too keen on the  
>> electrical part.
>> Also
>> with that  unplugged the Alt does not get hot.
>> Thanks in advance!!
>> Ron T