<VV> '65 Corvair question.

[BBRT]

If you got into the engine, take the top cover off and look for clearance 
between rod bolts an case studs. Maybe you turned some in a little or 
dropped a nut down in the cam valley and  a lobe is hitting it.

If you didn't open it up, sounds like an oddball interference. Check the 
interference between the flywheel and the bellhousing bolts-washers aren't 
used on bottom ones where they might interfere.

Good Luck

Chuck S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cash Case" <cash.case at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 5:42 PM
Subject: <VV> '65 Corvair question.


> I've got a motor that I'm tuning up before we put it in my son's car.  I 
> changed the car from an auto to a manual.
> I replaced front and rear main seals and new distributor internals  and 
> spark plugs. I replaced the bell housing and oil filter housing  gaskets.
> While trying to get the distributor set correctly I was turning the 
> crankshaft by it's center bolt. Just before TDC the crank stops  turning. 
> I tried turning it the other direction but when it gets  almost to the 
> same place it locks again.
>
> Before I pull the heads off and commit to all that stuff, does anyone 
> have any idea what I might be able to eliminate first.
>
> I'm now fairly certain that I was seriously ripped off on this  engine. 
> The guy I purchased it from said that it was running. I'm  finding all 
> kinds of stuff that makes me doubt it. I'm not even going  to admit how 
> much I paid for this motor. It was the only (supposedly)  complete 110 
> motor that I found that someone wanted to sell me.
>
>
> Cash Case, Art guy -
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