<VV> Bad Corvair

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Bob,
    Maybe the "electricity" in this car is simply old  like Smitty and 
required "revving up" to get going.<GGG>
    Frank Burkhard
    Boonton, NJ
 
 
In a message dated 10/18/2012 6:19:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
BobHelt at aol.com writes:


Hi  there Smitty,
So how do you explain breaking up electrically and  replacement  
distributor 
fix????

Something is fishy  here.
Regards,
Bob Helt




The base problem
was that  the engine almost refused to idle and was  breaking up 
electrically
at  idle speeds,

A replacement distributor was provided and it  runs
great.





In a message dated 10/18/2012 10:00:43  A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,  
vairologist at cox.net  writes:

Smitty  Says;        Just got back  from seeing the light at the  end of the
tunnel on the Bad  Corvair.  We did find and fix several  issues and finally
took  the nasty approach of swapping part.  Good  carbs and a couple  of
rebuilds on the distributor.  At best after that  the engine  would run, but
only at higher rpms,  I kept saying "vacuum  leak"  but the owner assured me
that he had strayed combustible mixture   around all the potential air leak
areas with no results.  Today  my  eyes went to the vacuum modulator line 
and
I knew it was one place  we had  not investigated.  Pulled the hose off and
plugged the  port in the  crossover and like magic all the problems went  
away.
Farther check showed  that the hose was off the  modulator.  I have no idea 
at
what point the  line got  knocked loose.   Whatever, it is fixed now and I 
am
glad  to  put it to   rest.

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