<VV> cherries under the turkey roaster!

[J R Read]

Just this, start preparing a spare set of heads as you are likely to drop a 
valve seat in the relatively near future.

Later, JR

CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
"Keep the Love Alive"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Gull" <vairdude at gmail.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:59 PM
Subject: <VV> Baking cherry cobbler under the turkey roaster!


> Just want to relate a recent scare with my LM Vair. I started getting 
> spark
> knock as if the gas was bad , so I drained and refilled with more premium.
> This did not help so I checked timing and found to be off a few degrees.
> After adjusting it ran better for a few miles only to knock again. Then I
> decided to check  under the oil cooler cap only to notice it stuffed full 
> of
> Cherries from a nearby tree. Then removed the turkey roaster to find all 
> the
> heads completely full of Cherries! So after several hours of vacuuming and
> pressure washing, I was able to get heads clean. But now some have managed
> to get into the heater motor and duct work. Any suggestions on how to 
> remove
> the rest?????   Thanks John     PS I changed the oil and motor seems to 
> run
> OK.  An precautions???
>