<VV> beware the mud dauber
Ron
ronh at owt.com
Fri Aug 11 15:56:19 EDT 2006
I had a gas line to the left carburetor plugged that way once when I was
working on an engine. Had a dickens of a time figuring out why that carb
wasn't getting any fuel.
RonH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
To: "corvair" <virtualvairs at skiblack.com>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 12:12 PM
Subject: <VV> beware the mud dauber
> After making an A/C compressor replacement on the Riv, I charged the
> system with dry shop air to check for leaks, but the gauge read zero. How
> could this be; everything's hooked up right. I take couplings apart, and
> the adapter I made up to interface the shop air hose and the gauge set,
> was packed full of mud. Inside was a wasp larvae.
> This is the time of the year they seek out small orifices to build their
> mud dens, so watch those brake and fuel lines, A/C gauges, vacuum hoses;
> anything with a 1/16-1/4" hole, that are not locked up.
>
> Harry Yarnell
> Perryman Garage and Orphanage
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
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