<VV> Not Getting Stranded

[MarK Durham]

I'm not Jim but one of my failures was Cam teeth, at about 118,000 miles on
the original engine. It was an original GM part supposed to make the engine
quieter.  The cam gear was a aluminum center and the gears were a phenolic
looking material, and a few gears dis-bonded from the hub. Saw one of those
cam gears for sale on evil bay last year.
Mark Durham Hauser Idaho
62 Coupe Red/Red 4 speed
On Nov 3, 2014 8:05 AM, "Jim Davis via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> On 11/2/2014 10:33 PM, Ron Hinz via VirtualVairs wrote:
>
>> I defy anyone to not be stranded when the cam gear goes when you are on a
>> remote two lane highway beyond sight of any habitation.  It happened to me
>> trying to come home from the Lake Tahoe National.  I didn't even have a
>> cell phone back then and one wouldn't have worked there anyways.
>>
>> Ron Hinz, was in my '63 Rampside.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Ray Davis via VirtualVairs
>> Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2014 5:24 PM
>> To: Hank Corvair ; Hurbert Smith ; Virtual Vairs
>> Subject:  Not Getting Stranded
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't think Smitty was ever "stranded!"  He always got her going. Even
>> when Spike had to push the tow car home with Spike still on the tow bar and
>> with police approval.  Well at least they did not stop him when they
>> spotted Smitty in Spike!  What about the one with Helen standing guard with
>> a pistol while Smitty was making the repairs.  And you think Smitty is tuff!
>> Thats a great idea for a book of Smitty's escapades as well as any other
>> Corvair story.  I will take three books.
>> Ray
>>
>
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