<VV> Bad Starter, was Melted Wires

[corvairduval at cox.net]

And the flywheel is really bad when the engine sounds like it has a rod
knock until you step on the clutch pedal.

Frank DuVal

Original Message:
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From: Robert Henry henry336359 at bellsouth.net
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:19:40 -0700 (PDT)
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Bad Starter, was Melted Wires


I've been through this problem and initially made the same assumption, that
the 
starter nose broke because of "User Error." It turned out to be a bad
flywheel. 
The rivets come loose or break and the resulting eccentric motion of the
ring 
gear breaks starter noses. Sometimes if you release the clutch while the
engine 
is idling you can hear the flywheel rattle. The fix is a clutch job.

Robert Henry
'65 Corsa Convertible Turbo
Knoxville, TN




________________________________
From: Byron Comp <byron.comp at yahoo.com>
To: "virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wed, June 20, 2012 8:04:27 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Bad Starter, was Melted Wires

Yesterday we replaced the starter on my '64 Monza, thus solving why it
wouldn't 
start. The nose part of the housing on the old starter had a split/crack
about 
3" long. I'm guessing that happened when I re-engaged the starter too
quickly 
before it had completely dis-engaged. When I did that, I heard a brief
grinding 
noise, and then the problem with the heavy current draw began. Anybody want
to 
chime in with a more technical explanation of what may have happened?
 
We also replaced the sensor wires that had melted, re-routing them further
away 
from the engine cowling to eliminate excessive heat from that source anyway.
 
Next thing is to get hooked up with a local club somewhere so I can get
help 
with further tune-ups. Thanks for everybody's patience as I continue
learning.
 
Byron Comp

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