<VV> Some early questions about an early.

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Jim-The smell probably did come from the seeping carb.  I get some smell when I pull into the garage and close the door and I always figured it came from the carbs as the older cars had a tendency to give out a little bit of odor.  I suppose if one was to work hard enough you could mostly eliminate it.  When I got my '66 several years ago I went to add some gas to the tank and the filler hose was so bad most of the gas went onto the ground.  Obviously yours isn't that bad.  I know that you don't want any leakage inside your garage as a spark could cause a disaster.   Ken

KCVAIR
66 CORSA CN W/AIR
65 CORSA CP

--- yenko117 at yahoo.com wrote:

From: Mike Stillwell <yenko117 at yahoo.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org, JKFG717 at aol.com
Subject: Re: <VV> Some early questions about an early.
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 10:09:40 -0700 (PDT)



 Jim - For the gas smell, you may also want to check the fuel filler hose. I have not changed out the original on the Aztec Bronze vert and it does weep a little if I fill it all the way up. Easiest way check is to pull the front left wheel and look for signs of fluid drip on the tank and nearby parts under the filler pipe. Filler hoses are good fodder for club tech sessions, once the tank gets close to empty.
 PG just sounds like it's low on fluid. They last a very long time if the fluid kept up.

 Mike 
 YS-117


--- On Fri, 5/1/09, JKFG717 at aol.com <JKFG717 at aol.com> wrote:

> From: JKFG717 at aol.com <JKFG717 at aol.com>
> Subject: <VV> Some early questions about an early.
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 12:17 PM
> I had the recently purchased 1960 700 out and about
> yesterday. It has just  
> over 50,000 miles. I wanted to change the oil and get a
> general feel for  
> the car. I noticed that when going up hill from a stop the
> Trans. slips. If 
> you  give it more gas it slams into forward. Any thoughts?
> Is a PG a 
> reasonable  rebuild at a tranny shop? I filled her up with
> gas while I was out. A  
> couple of hours later I noticed that the house smelled of
> gas. I have an  
> attached garage, all the doors closed. It was so bad that I
> thought the car had 
>  dropped a couple of gallons. I looked and felt underneath
> first, no fuel.  
> Opening the engine compartment it was more intense on the
> left side. 
> Looking  down the right side of the left carb with a
> flashlight I saw a drip and 
> noticed  the shroud was a little damp. I tightened down the
> top carb screws 
> and put a  tell tale blue paper around it and have not
> noticed any more fuel. 
>  Coincidence to the fill up? It was an easy drive on a cool
> day and I 
> worked on  the car a couple hours before the smell
> permeated the house. Any 
> thoughts?  Thanks, Jim
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