<VV> Corvairing again

[Dave Beaulieu]

Corvair Fever here as well. After our 'white hurricane' of two weeks ago
and two successive days of sunshine and plus freezing temps it's real
nice here. Printed off the Corsa Convention Kentucky registration form
this am and will mail it off tomorrow.

Out to the garage this pm - tidy up - put away the Christmas / winter
collection of stuff and fired up the Corsa for the first time since
November. Electric fuel pump - five pumps of the pedal - $10.00 trickle
charger four hours a day (on a timer) - went first couple of cranks of
the starter. Little bit of 'lifter chatter' for a few seconds. As the
Dodge guys say - 'Sweet'!

But - mice or squirrels seemed to have cached their feed in the
mufflers! In the Fall I put mice bait seeds in the trunk, cabin and
engine compartment, along with 'bounce sheets' in the cabin and trunk. I
don't put bounce sheets in the engine compartment in case I forget and
they get 'sucked' somewhere. Well no sign of critters in the trunk or
cabin, but all the 'seeds' were gone from the engine compartment. Once
she started - seeds out the mufflers everywhere. Also some out of the
shrouds. After a few trips around the block to get the 'secondaries'
flowing, those critters are either in orbit, roasting under the 'turkey
roaster' or 'basting in sunflower oil' in the mufflers! Will dig deeper
into the problem come Spring!

Dave B. Nova Scotia, Canada - 65 Corsa 140/4 Coupe - Corsa Member



"Norman C. Witte" wrote:
> 
> It has warmed up quite a bit here in Lansing and we have had rain for most
> of the last week, washing the salt away.  They are calling for more snow
> this weekend, but last night the temp was in the fifties.  I went out to the
> barn and fired up the Vairs.  The convertible has a pretty bad lifter tick
> which I am going to try treating with Seafoam.  The Corsa started right up
> and burbled happily.  My oldest son was at a friends house about three miles
> away, so I eased the Corsa out of the barn and went down to Hummels to pick
> Jake up.  What a wonderful thing to drive a Vair for the first time since
> last November!  I am definitely getting the itch again.  Jake was thrilled
> to ride in the car and was begging for me to take the long way home, but
> since I haven't told my insurance carrier the car is back on the road, I
> thought it best to go staight home (I know, I was naughty).
> 
> I am sure that with all the spirited and good natured debate on VV everyone
> is waiting for me to sound in on the Hank vs. Bill race (ok, maybe not).
> Both guys are classic Vair guys, both are decent fellas that are well
> qualified for the job -- and both are "acquired tastes."  Whoever wins, we
> all owe a  debt of gratitude to them as well as the many other individuals
> who are willing to spend their time on behalf of our club.  I know I could
> not afford the time if I wanted to, which quite frankly, I don't.  Having
> served on similar boards, it's a lot of work and not that much fun.  So
> thanks to all the candidates.
> 
> Norm Witte
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