<VV> Is it a knock or tap?

[J R Read_HML]

Hey Russ,

I find that when you put them away broken, they don't fix themselves over 
the winter.  With an exception or two, the converse is also true.  Drive it 
and it will likely shut up by the time you put 20 miles on it.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140 (times 2)
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Moorhouse" <corvair65 at verizon.net>
To: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:42 PM
Subject: <VV> Is it a knock or tap?


>I put my car in the garage in mid December.  It was running great

  Today, it got up over 70 degrees, so I thought I would start it up

 The valves made their
> usual clatter at first but settled down, except for one loud tap or knock.
>
 how would I develop a
> knock in the engine while sitting in the garage for 3 months?
> Russ Moorhouse
> '65 Corsa coupe 140 HP