<VV> Not Getting Stranded

[BobHelt at aol.com]

Hi Jim,
How about telling us the rest of the story.
 
What  (who) was the manufacturer of the cam gears?   Who installed the 
gears  and how?  What do you think caused the two  gear failures?
 
Bob Helt
 
 
In a message dated 11/3/2014 8:05:13 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:

Some of  us have lost the teeth on two cam gears.  First was on rural 
US-52  just outside of Misenheimer, NC.  Walked back to Pfeiffer College 
and  called a tow truck from Salisbury who towed me to my Grandfathers 
farm  (in-between Salisbury and Mooresville) where I rebuilt the engine.   
This was in my 1965 Corsa convert which at the time had just turned over  
255,000 miles.

Second was on I-90 about 6 mile east of Worthington,  MN.  Only about 
44,000 miles on the UltraVan engine.  I was only  11 years ago so I 
called Good Sam on the cell and was towed to the Round  Lake Campground.  
I hitched a ride into Worthington rented a car,  drove 900 miles home and 
picked up a spare engine from my shop. It took me  about six hours to 
swap the engine and all the sheet metal.  Finished  the planned trip and 
circled back to Round Lake to pick up the broken  engine and headed for 
home.  The trip was 28 days instead of the  scheduled 24 days.
Jim  Davis