<VV> Mechanic Needed - Radford, VA

[kenpepke at juno.com]

Is this car equipped with a Powerglide? ... Did she think to place the transmission selector lever in N ?
Don't ask me why I thought of this :-[
Ken P

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Tom Hughes <corvairdad at gmail.com> wrote:

Saga continues. I was going to have her take the car to the FLAPs to check
the charging system (since they sold her the battery without checking). She
hooked up the jumper cables (and she's done this before), let the other car
charge her battery for a few minutes, then turned the key. Nothing. She
disconnected the positive cable from her battery and reconnected the jumper
cable directly to the positive connector, had someone turn the key while she
was holding the cable to keep it from shorting. Nothing. No click, nothing.

That tells me solenoid and could match with Chuck's solenoid failure. She
and her fiance just replaced the broken leafspring bolt assembly on the
driver's side. Could the two problems be related? Never a dull moment
dealing with the fleet <http://corvairfleet.blogspot.com/>.

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Tom Hughes <corvairdad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Mike. I know David from NECC events.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Mike Stillwell <yenko117 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey Tom - David Clemens lives in Roanoke and travels to Radford often for
>> work, cell is 540-204-0917. Tell him I sent you. He should be able to help.
>>
>>  Mike
>>
>> --- On Tue, 11/17/09, Tom Hughes <corvairdad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Tom Hughes <corvairdad at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: <VV> Mechanic Needed - Radford, VA
>> > To: "VirtualVairs AA" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> > Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 9:11 AM
>>  > My daughter's '64 is giving her
>> > electrical issues. The other day, the car
>> > wouldn't start. She got it jumped and drove it to Advance
>> > Auto who tested
>> > the battery and claimed it was dead (possible given the age
>> > of the baterry).
>> > They replaced the battery and sent her on her way. This
>> > morning she went to
>> > start it and the battery's dead again. It was fine for
>> > three days of normal
>> > driving, but there's obviously something still wrong with
>> > it. She told me
>> > the GEN/FAN light is only on when she goes to turn the key.
>> > It's not on when
>> > she's driving. I've told her to get it jumped and take it
>> > straight to Sear's
>> > and have them check out the charging system. She'll do that
>> > this afternoon,
>> > unless I give her the name of a better place to take it.
>> > Any mechanic
>> > recommendation?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > --
>> > Tom in Baltimore
>> > corvairfleet.blogspot.com
 

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