[FC] Greenbrier happenings

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi all,

Just thought I'd chronicle what's been up with our Greenbrier.  Over 
the winter I decided to take care of some matters in the engine.  This 
van was put together in the mid 80s, and pretty much all of the gaskets 
are toast, so I've been replacing the biggest leaker, then the next, 
etc.  Over the winter I had on the agenda replacing the fan bearing, 
and since the top cover leaked I ordered a complete ready to go cover 
from Lon, along with some other odds and ends.

After getting started, I saw an ad from Larry Shapiro on e-bay for 
powder coated fans, and he quoted me such a good price to do mine that 
I had him do both it and the air filter tops.  I also decided to remove 
the electric pump that was in series with the stock pump, if I want to 
go electric it'll be a conversion rather than a booster.  You may 
recall that I've been fighting a hesitation for some time, so I 
wondered if there were some issues with vacuum leaks.  Ideally, I would 
get it all done by the time our Little League team's pre-season 
practices.

Well, I didn't make the deadline, but I did finally get it together to 
take it to the first in-season practice on Sunday following our 
Saturday opener, then over to the game fields for the kids to play in a 
pick up game.  The engine looks a good bit better and my first 
impression is that the hesitation is much improved.

Bryan Blackwell bryan@skiblack.com
http://autoxer.skiblack.com/
   Corvairs: '61 Lakewood, '64 Greenbrier, '65 Corsa, '66 Corsa
   '69 Road Runner, '97 Ford F-150, '99 Neon R/T
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