<VV> Jay's 140 is stock

[Mel Francis]

I might have a clue to its origin.

I had a 140 with the stock air cleaner assembly and one of the four inlet 
tubes
had a well-worn flange, the little 1/8" deep one, that fits into the opening 
of the carb throat to secure it.

It was so well-worn that it had formed an almost separate section for about 
one inch of the
circumference. I didn't realze what I was looking at, in terms of an 
ingestion threat, so I did nothing.

About two months later, at a stoplight no less, the engine suddenly started 
making a piston-knock noise,
so I shut it down and we flat-towed it home. I opened up the engine and 
found that the little piece
of sheet metal had finally broken loose and had wound up between the piston 
and head.
It had really bounced around  a fair amount in that few seconds, making 
little square indents wherever
it touched, as it was being folded up and squashed at random. The heads had 
been milled, so there
wasn't any more than .035 clearance anyway.

If Pete's piece is folded-up sheet metal, he should check the inlet flanges 
on his air cleaner assembly, to
see if they're all still there.

Mel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Kovacs" <kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net>
To: "peter koehler" <pkoehler01 at atlanticbb.net>
Cc: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Jay's 140 is stock


Pete,
Where did the peice come from, think it was in the intake and missed?

.................. "We found a very small
piece of metal had dislodged and bounced around #4 hole
just a bit. No permanent damage, just enough to make that
pesky noise that we feared was much" ..........

come from?
MIKE KOVACS



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Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 12:34:06 PM
Subject: <VV> Jay's 140 is stock
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