<VV> Removing transmission on early Corvairs

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Way to go!!

Cheers

Alan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Gault" <r.gault at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Corvair List" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Removing transmission on early Corvairs


> For those who live in the land of the tree huggers (like Austin), where 
> you
> can be shot for cutting a tree.  Stumps are not all that available.  Soft
> dirt and hot pavement to make jackstands fall over are, however.  One 
> thing
> I've seen used is a pair of wheels welded together.  I prefer them welded
> side to side like dualies, but some of the junk yards around here weld 
> them
> in an upside down "T" with one wheel sitting vertically and the other flat
> as a base.  No splitting, no crushing, no falling over.  ;-)
>
> Roger Gault
> 6 ton stands on concrete.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <SPYDER62 at aol.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 3:19 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Removing transmission on early Corvairs
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 4/17/2005 11:45:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>> tonyu at roava.net writes:
>>
>> On  cement or paved surfaces, jackstands are OK.   On grass or dirt,
> sorry,
>> I'm gonna pick the stumps.   I value my unbroken bones  too much to trust
> a
>> jackstand on grass or dirt.   I've seen too  many of them fall over.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm with Tony on this one, good Oak stumps work great on grass and hot
>> pavement.
>>  I removed a 63 drivetrain in 20 min.'s once that way, in back yard,  wet
>> grass, but then I did cheat used same 3/4 plywood to support the jack and
> more
>> to roll it across the yard to the shop. Have R & R more trive trains 
>> with
> no
>> more the a jack, a back pocket full of tools and logs or jackstands,
> depending
>> on the surface. Have an ATV jack now and it is great in the shop, I do
> wish
>> I had my Yenko Clone up on logs and not jackstands when the starter 
>> jammed
> on
>> my roadster and it hit the Vair. Pushed it off the stands and put one
> right
>> thru the floor, if it had been on 12" dia.stumps it would have stopped 
>> the
>> roadster in it's tracks.
>> rich
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