BSCC- Update on Rick's car.

[Ray & Kathy Bombardier]

Rick,

    Glad you guys were working on your 'Vair this weekend but the MacDonalds 
and the Boydens were sorely missed at the Brunch & Cruise.  See you at the 
MMM.     Ray


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick MacDonald" <rickm at smithprint.com>
To: <bsc-list at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:09 AM
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
>


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