<VV> Jay's 140 is stock

[Jay Pitchford]

Mel ... I have the car now, and will check it out. Thanks!

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Mel Francis <mfrancis at wi.rr.com> wrote:

> 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
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