<VV> Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 13, Issue 73, Msg 1

[WillSmithTFPOCAllenTexas]

Jim,

Lots of good suggestions but no one offered this...at 400 degrees below 
in MN your accelerator pump diameters have shrunk and their bores have 
gotten larger so when you mash the throttle to set the chokes and pump 
the fuel you get no fuel pumped. [wear and a stack-up of tolerances can 
be the combined reality...not likely, but snakes do know how to bite. 
Also, the vac connections have gotten looser from shrinkage so you 
could be sucking air. [Wait till the others read this...wow!]

Happy to be of help! It'd be hard to live without me [ha]!
Will S
WANTED: 66 Monza vert, 110, pg for Parade Duty and giving kids a ride 
in something they likely have never seen.
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:11:51 -0600
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> Long crank times after "rest"
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>,	"Dr. James Waddell"
	<wadde001 at tc.umn.edu>
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Kitty?  You're NOT going to start that thread again are you?

Could be a weak fuel pump, and since you are not really driving it yet, 
that
is probably not going to manifest itself as lack of power until you do 
try
to get the Rs up out on the road.  But, it is common for the initial 
start
to take a bit of cranking after a long period of non-use.  For the carb
bowls to go dry just overnight is a bit puzzling unless you are getting 
the
engine really quite warm (doubtful at idle).  I assume that the 
insulators
under the carbs are in place.  So, this again points (to my mind) to a 
tired
fuel pump OR (as someone else suggested), air in the main fuel line.  
In 20
minutes, you could change out the two rubber sections of  hose in the 
main
line and assure yourself that you have good sealing with fresh clamps.  
That
is quicker and cheaper than a new fuel pump, so I'd try that first.  
Also,
just how old is the fuel?  Did you use Stabil last fall?  If there is 
room
in the tank, try adding some (4 - 5 gallons) of fresh premium fuel and 
shake
the car a bit to stir it up.  Of course the line will still have the old
fuel till you run it for a while.  Do NOT use incandescent "drop" light
while working with the fuel line!

I'm presuming this is a new problem.  It was starting fine last fall?

BTW - once you start it, you DO want to get it pretty darn warm in 
order to
evaporate off any fuel that got by the rings and into the crankcase 
when the
chokes still were on.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. James Waddell" <wadde001 at tc.umn.edu>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:18 PM
Subject: <VV> Long crank times after "rest"


> She (Kitty) takes a long time to get going after a rest.
>
> Jim Waddell.
> College of Veterinary Medicine
> at the University of Minnesota
> (612) 625-3118