<VV> < head repair on a budget

[moonpie8n at comcast.net]

          WELL  Guys, 



          A ,"Last  Ditch  Effort"  can  be  made  to  repair  the  head  without  spending  a  bunch  of  money.  The  head  must  come  off,..... Then  you  can  drill  and  tap  the  spark  plug  hole  for  a  18mm  plug  [F-9Y  Champion {or  equivalent}].  I  had  seen  my  DAD  [Corvair "ACE" at  Anderson Chevy in the '60s] do  this  twice  with  reasonable  results .  This  DOES  Work! if you have no other choice. 



  Bob  Isaac 

Moonpie  Racing 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: HallGrenn at aol.com 
To: "byron comp" <byron.comp at yahoo.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org 
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 10:33:16 AM 
Subject: Re: <VV> Further Problems - was Oil Issues 

  
In a message dated 3/21/2011 9:12:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,   
byron.comp at yahoo.com writes: 

Thus the  question, is there any reasonable expectancy that I can retrieve 
that   
thing without removing the head? And regardless of how I get it out, what   
do I 
do now about the wallowed out hole? Can I re-tap it and somehow use  double 
inserts? Is there a larger diameter spark plug that will work in  it? Or do 
I 
just bite the bullet and buy a new head? 

It never  rains but what it pours. 

Byron Comp 
'64  Vert 



Byron, 
  
The quickest, cheapest way to fix this problem in my experience is to buy a 
 good used head from one of the Corvair people in your area.  You might 
want  to save the old, damaged head for future repair work (I have a stash of   
such heads that will probably be recycled someday).  But it will be much   
easier and quicker to swap the heads.   
  
Bob Hall 
Group Corvair 
Corvanatics 
CORSA 
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