<VV> in early country

[airvair]

Shawn,

I've never had the steel in the perimeter seal rust out, and I live in 
the rustbelt. And Corvairs put me through at least 15 winters! Usually 
what goes first is the rubber. It becomes hard, tears, etc. By the time 
anything happens to the steel insert, the seal's already past its prime. 
Ok, so it's a little more expensive seal, but it works SO much better 
that that expense can be damned!

I STILL say that the late seal makes the early one a PITA! No stupid 
staples to deal with. Everything bolts on or merely presses on. A 
leagues-better design, no doubt.

-Mark

Shaun wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>
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>>Like any perimeter seal, it keeps the hot air that the engine shoves out
>>the bottom from being sucked back into the engine. The early design
>>sucks bigtime, IMHO. It's replacable, but a royal PITA. That's but one
>>of the things they improved on the late models.
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>>-Mark C
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>Careful there, Airvair! Early seals can be fixed using some wire and an old
>cut-up innertube. What do you do when your Late seal's wire spring inner
>'clip' rusts away? Expensive.
>Late Earlies are best!
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>yea, Vairily ... Shaun