<VV> Intermittent Corvair

[Dave Thompson]

Jim,
I have a 63 Spyder. When I first got her, she would run just fine for 10 to
20 miles. Then, all of a sudden, she would cough, and spuder and eventually
die. She would not start right away. After about 10 to 15 minutes, she fired
right up and ran fine again. One time when she died, I just happened to
touch the coil. It was so hot, I lightly burnt my fingers. I replaced the
coil and never had the problem again.

Dave Thompson
63 Spyder
Lakewood, Ca
(Yes, I moved from Westminster, CA to Lakewood, CA)

-----Original Message-----
From: kevin nash [mailto:wrokit at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 2:44 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Intermittent Corvair



 

 Jim-

  Although I have had a coil fail on me, (car died, wouldnt re-start untill
coil was

  replaced) I haven't had one go bad like you are describing. I have had the
buck

  and kick problem, and in my case it was an ignition problem. Check to make
sure

  that the ballast resistor wire connections are secure, and that the
resistor itself is

  not broken (remove the hold down screw and check underneath and verify
that

  the resistor is in one piece). Also, check the coil wire connections,
making sure

  that they are nice and tight, or at least down firm enough so that you
cannot 

  rotate the connections on the terminals with your fingers. Next, check
that the

  points wire leaving the distributor has not been damaged- the the
insulation on the

  wire can sometimes be rubbed away enough to  intermittently short out on
the 

  distributor. If all of these checks are good, try a known good coil-
sometimes

  coils can fail like you describe, and it is because they heat up and the
resistance

  gets too high for them to work properly.

  Kevin Nash
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:37:21 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jim Gammon <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>
> Subject: <VV> Intermittant Corvair
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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> 
> My 64 coupe 110 2 carb 'vair runs fine for about 5 miles, then starts to
buck and kick, then it dies.
> ?
> I had assumed that the previous owner had screwed up the carbs (which he
had) and replaced them with Clark's rebuilts. I did a full tuneup, cap,
rotor, condenser, all wires, vacuum hoses, plugs, points.
> ?
> Took her out today, and had to get her towed 1.5 miles?home. 
> ?
> I'm thinking the coil is the problem, but I don't know. It could be wiring
or the ingition switch or -???
> ?
> Anyone have a coil fail this way? 
> ?
> Any other ideas?????
> ?
> Jim NJ
> 




 		 	   		  
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