<VV> Rebuild II

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

Years ago I bought an oil cooler (8 plate to replace the 3 plate on my 63) 
from Mel Raven of M&J Vairmart in Santa Clara.  He ran solvent from his 
Safety Kleen parts washer through it for a while and then  water full blast 
from the hose and then a lot of compressed air.  I'm glad Mel only charged 
me for the cooler and not the labor he put into it to make sure it was 
clean or I couldn't have afforded the cooler.

Dennis

At 08:23 AM 12/19/2005, Stephen Upham wrote:
>         I got the left head on last night.  The service manual says to 
> tighten the rockers until the play in the push rods is taken up.  I opted 
> for a cross between that and Richard Finch's advise to snug them to just 
> touch the valve springs.  I just want to make sure that the push rods 
> will stay in the proper position for the hole in the side of the push rod 
> tube to be pointed at the ball of the rocker arm.
>
>         I then proceeded to the next step in the service manual and got 
> my "new" oil cooler that I bought at our clubs auction last year.  I felt 
> that I had best replace the cooler because of the nature of the last 
> engine failure.  For some reason, perhaps divine providence, I shook the 
> cooler after I picked it up off of the shelf.  I honestly don't know why 
> I did it, but it probably saved my rebuild from a third rebuild.  It 
> sounded like a salt shaker.  I saw debris coming out of the oil ports.  I 
> took a piece of paper and began to collect the debris.  I felt them and 
> they felt metallic.  I then ran a magnet under the paper, and lo and 
> behold, IRON.
>         I'm just livid that a fellow Corvair enthusiast and club member 
> would sell this engine ruining piece of equipment.  I consider myself 
> extremely lucky not to have installed it before I discovered the debris.
>         Now, I'll need to spend another $30 dollars or so, and wait 
> another ten to twelve days to complete this part of the assembly ... but 
> I consider myself blessed.
>
>Stephen Upham
>Dallas, Texas
>Corvairium //