<VV> 110 Lawn Mower! - not really fixed

[J R Read_HML]

Tony,

It will likely plug from time to time (most commonly after an engine shut 
down and restart - like a gas stop or a tight corner) since there is 
obviously some dirt (of some nature) in it.  You can "fix" it by stopping at 
the side of the road, removing the air cleaner, doing the cupped hand and 
throttle goose trick each time this happens - and , of course - replacing 
the air cleaner.  After a few times of this, it will become a pain in the A. 
And in the meantime, if you need quick acceleration to avoid a problem, you 
cannot count on it being available.

So, before you tear down the carb in a search for the culprit wayward junk 
in there, how is your gas tank?  If it is full of crud, your "fixed" carb is 
going to suffer the same fate (or the other one).  Check your rubber hoses 
first - at the tank and over the rear axel.  They might be disintegrating 
and the tank is OK.  It could even be the accelerator pump cups IN the 
carbs.  They only seem to last a couple of years anymore, especially if the 
carbs were allowed to dry out.  The point is - find the source and fix THAT!

Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - "icemobile" 4/140

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Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> My 110 HP Lawn Mower! -- (--problem fixed--)


  Hi:

  I'm grateful to all of you especially to Mr. John Ryall, Mr. Tim Colson, 
Lon Anderson & VairDan. I've finally fixed the problem.
    1) I disconnected the throttle linkage to the right side (passenger 
side) carb & revved the car. The left carb worked perfectly.

    2) I then reversed this process, namely, the left side carb (driver 
side) was disconnected. I revved the car and it sounded like it's barely 
making a difference (actually an awful hissing noise).

    3) I cupped my hand on top of the bad carb (the passenger side which had 
the main jet clogged) to create a vacuum - doing this a few times revived 
the carb. Revving that carb alone made a big difference.
  Although I do realize that it needs to be rebuilt (and I intend to do 
that), but for now the car runs as it should :)

  Thanks again,

  Tony


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Secular" <rusecular at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:45 PM
Subject: <VV> My 110 HP Lawn Mower!



  Hi:

  I have a '66 Corvair with a 110 HP Engine. It's a 4 speed and the
  engine (along with the Carbs) were rebuilt 2 years ago. It's a
  daily driver which has rarely given me any problems.

  The car was recently tuned (- a month ago - spark plugs & wires, timing, 
point,
  Carbs synched, etc.,).


  Yesterday, I started the car. It idled perfectly (steady rpm at 650) but 
while
  driving it had absolutely no power. If it had a "catalytic converter", I'd
  guess that to be the culprit (clogged) but no such thing - the muffler
  is two years old.

  It revs fine - no missing. I've checked the plug wires - firing order
  checked fine also.


  Point gap is at .016 and the car starts immediately but while driving, it
  feels like it has a 2 cycle lawn mower engine pushing it (no pinging,
  and no miss-fire or backfire occurs) simply no power while
  driving !

  I checked the distributor to see whether the weights
  or the point plate are out of place. Everything checks fine.

  Please help !

  Tony
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