<VV> 67 Monza 110 PG - Initial carburetor idle adjustment screwsetting ?

[Charles Lee]

The dealer screwed them up worse.

When I brought it in, they were "OK" but I wanted them better.
He made them so much worse that it died, I had to adjust them in the
snow at about 6 PM on a cold New York night, in the dark, in a snow
bank, on the side of the Long Island Expressway, where it died, and I
had 40 miles to drive home.

Good thing I knew how to do it "blindfolded" because I could not see
what I was doing.
But that was then, this is now, and I hope I can still do it !

"It's all coming back to me now," though, as the song says.





-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Blackwell
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:06 AM
To: Charles Lee
Cc: 'Virtual Vairs'
Subject: Re: <VV> 67 Monza 110 PG - Initial carburetor idle adjustment
screwsetting ?


Sure, you can hot adjust them if you like.  However, a proper cold  
adjustment will work just fine.  In any case, I suggest you run the  
engine for a good half hour before touching them.  The fact that the  
dealer mechanic couldn't properly adjust the lifters cold doesn't  
mean that you didn't.

--Bryan

On Oct 9, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Charles Lee wrote:

> However, the valves were initially 'cold adjusted' after 
> re-installation, with the engine off according to the manual, and I 
> believe that each rocker should now be backed out 'until it clatters' 
> and then turned back in 1/4 turn ?

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