[FC] Greenbrier happenings
Williams, Rickie
corvanatics@corvair.org
Wed Apr 30 12:22:01 2003
I am kind of slow about getting to things, but you mentioned in your post
about removing the booster electric fuel pump. Are you going to sell it? I
am thinking that I might want a booster pump. My Greenbrier does just fine
with the stock pump if I drive it nearly everyday. But if I let it set a
few days, then it seems to lose its prime. My Rampside is really worse
about this than the Greenbrier, but it usually gets driven often enough to
not be a problem.
Rickie Williams
Columbia, KY
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> From: Bryan Blackwell[SMTP:bryan@skiblack.com]
> Reply To: corvanatics@corvair.org
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 9:32 PM
> To: corvanatics@corvair.org
> Subject: [FC] Greenbrier happenings
>
> 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
> "Why do something if you're not going to obsess about it?"
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