<VV> staples on LM engine to body seal

[henry kaczmarek]

The Ultra Monza didn't come with an engine but I  believe it still had the 
seal in it when it got here, it wasn't stapled, a 1965 L.

Hank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> staples on LM engine to body seal


>I think this gets back to the original poster's question.
>
> I have NEVER seen the staples here on the late model perimeter seals on
> the east coast. Now, I have not dropped the engine out of my L vin 66
> A/C sedan yet, so maybe it does.
>
> So maybe it is a W vs L question? (Willow Run vs Los Angeles) That is
> the original question.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> On 12/9/2011 10:32 PM, J R Read wrote:
>> Tim,  I'll take your word for it.  If I ever saw them, it was so long ago
>> that I don't recall that.
>>
>> I CAN see that the staple approach might have made the factory assembly 
>> go a
>> little more quickly since it is a little tricky to get the rubber edge
>> positioned just right into the upper (eight or so?) retainer pieces.
>>
>> Later, JR
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "shortle"<shortle556 at earthlink.net>
>> To: "J R Read"<hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>;<virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Matt
>> Nall"<patiomatt at aol.com>
>> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 7:34 PM
>> Subject: Re:<VV>  staples on LM engine to body seal
>>
>>
>>> I have seen where the retainers that bolt to the body were stapled to 
>>> the
>>> perimeter seal on a LM.
>>> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: J R Read<hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> Sent: Dec 9, 2011 6:22 PM
>>>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org, Matt Nall<patiomatt at aol.com>
>>>> Subject: Re:<VV>  staples on LM engine to body seal
>>>>
>>>> I don't recall seeing one like that.  Every one that I've seen has a
>>>> grooved
>>>> spring built into the lower portion of the rubber seal which sort of
>>>> "grabs"
>>>> the engine shrouding and the upper portion is attached with metal 
>>>> groove
>>>> pieces which are held in place with sheet metal screws.
>>>>
>>>> However, if you should install a LM engine into a EM you need to use 
>>>> the
>>>> EM
>>>> style shrouding and seal - which uses staples.
>>>>
>>>> What they did with the '64 model I don't know as I've never had one.
>>>>
>>>> Later, JR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Matt Nall"<patiomatt at aol.com>
>>>> To:<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:19 PM
>>>> Subject: Re:<VV>  staples on LM engine to body seal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> IIRC.. the top of the rubber was stapled to the small metal strips 
>>>>> that
>>>>> bolted to the body....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure my 47 k mile '69  had them.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Matt Nall
>>>>> Charleston, Oregon
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/The-Patio
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/Matts-Tech-Pages
>>>>>
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