BSCC- Update on Rick's car.

[Dobbs, Christopher ILSC (PKI)]

Rick .. Darn .. I couldn't view the picture no matter how many files I specified for viewing. Oh well .. I'd rather see the car in person anyway. Keep up the excellent work! I'll hoist a beer in your honor after work tonight!!! 

-----Original Message-----
From: bsc-list-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:bsc-list-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Rick MacDonald
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:10 AM
To: bsc-list at corvair.org
Subject: BSCC- Update on Rick's car.

Well, I'm glad to see the "list" is very active....It looks like Gary B has contacted the fellow in W.Roxbury directly. I hope we can all find a few goodies!

Anyway, After a few months Steve B and I got some wrenches turning this weekend. It had been a while since we "worked" together, but it was like old times. My car had been stranded at my friend's house after an attempt to drive it to work. My article in
the newsletter, with the pic of sandy engine bay, said we thought it was the carbs gunked up and preventing it from idling at all in Drive.

I took the carbs apart (totally clean!) and rebuilt them (not hard at all if you stare at the manual for long enough!), but there were 2 things. I think I had an accelerator pump bracket on backwards (I'm gonna check the manual again, maybe it was an
errouneous illustration!) so it wouldn't shoot the "squirts" thru the little upper holes. Those holes are so small, I didn't even know they were there!!

So, add another rebuild, the SNOW and rain and some travel time, and we didn't get too far.  BUT, I know the carbs are right this time, I covered all the vacuum leaks, and now we can fool with the distributor and timing.
It turns out since it's an 84hp block with 102hp heads...I had the distributor built up for a 102. They actually had different camshafts, and Yes, that affects the timing (DER!!)

So, we may not see the nice windowless, primer grey beauty this year, but at least it will have a proper home! See the pic.

Happy Halloween everybody.




Rick MacDonald