<VV> VirtualVairs Fan belt

[Frank DuVal]

No, Spyders of 62/63 did not need a harmonic balancer, as they were 145 
cu in engines. But, the reason I asked as I drove my 64 Spyder 
convertible for years with the same fan belt problem, as someone before 
1976 swapped a 62/63 Spyder engine into my car, keeping the 62/63 sheet 
metal and mount/bracket, but installing a harmonic balancer. Perhaps to 
deceive the next buyer? More likely they just didn't know what they were 
doing...

You may  or may not have a 164 cu in engine. The only way I know to find 
out, as the engine numbers do not say (all are YR) is to take the top 
cover or head off and measure the stroke of the crankshaft.

Frank DuVal

Jim Gammon wrote:

>it does look like a harmonic balancer, could that be because it is a spyder?
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>--- On Sat, 5/15/10, Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net> wrote:
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>From: Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net>
>Subject: Re: <VV> VirtualVairs Fan belt
>To: "Jim Gammon" <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>
>Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 8:14 PM
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>You don't perhaps have a harmonic balancer on this engine with 60-63 style rear mount parts, do you?
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>The harmonic balancer came out in 1964, and does not fit the rear mount/bracket etc. that came on a 1963  originally.
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>Pry and wiggle is my modus operandi when this happens. But you cannot pry the engine away from its own  mount...
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>Frank DuVal
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>Jim Gammon wrote:
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>>I unbolted the oil filter/generator mount/fuel pump casting to get the belt past it, there was perhaps 1/4" of room. The trick is now to get it past the rear engine mount. The problem was not the filter, but the casting was too close to the rear frame.
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>>I didn't measure the belt. It is the NAPA belt that the NAPA book gave. I assume NAPA knows what they are doing? It is the right length, and looks to be 3/8 to 7/16 wide.
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>>JimG NJ turbo 63 vair 
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