<VV> Some project ramblings

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi all,

Hope you all had a good weekend.  Trevor and I took the '66 Corsa -  
it's the one with the 110 that I ended up swapping pistons and  
barrels into - for a 20 mile run to the club meeting on Saturday.  We  
had a nice turnout, 9 Corvairs, both early and late, including our  
host's '64 coupe.  Weather here in Northern Virginia was just  
perfect, a crisp fall day.  The car ran great, but I do have a noisy  
alternator bearing that made itself known about 10 miles out.  Our  
project for the meeting was checking out a turn signal switch on a  
member's '65 sedan (really nice low mileage example).  On the left  
side the car had no brake light, but the turn signal and tail lamp  
worked.  Right side light everything worked.  After getting to the  
switch, it turned out one of the moving contacts had broken and come  
out, so it looks like a new switch is in order.

Back at home, the latest project wagon had spark but wouldn't start,  
so I ran a clear hose from a gas can to the inlet line to see if the  
pump was pumping.  Nope.  I'll dig a used one out of the basement for  
now and see if we can get it running so I can get it in the carport  
to look it over and get going on the short term things it needs  
before the first drive.

I also found the problem with that 110 I picked up.  It had zero  
compression on the left bank, so I thought a valve adjustment was  
worth a try.  Since I had the engine at TDC, I did the first half of  
the valves and went to turn the crank.  Well, the crank turns but the  
valves don't move :-(  At least it's complete, so I'll get a few bits  
off it I can use.

Good luck on everyone else's projects!

--Bryan

Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com
http://autoxer.skiblack.com/
   Corvairs: '61 Lakewood, '64 Greenbrier, '65 Corsa, '66 Corsa
   '69 Road Runner, '97 Ford F-150, '99 Neon R/T
"Why do something if you're not going to obsess about it?"