<VV> Corvair in Dire Need of Help!

[Edwin D. Lindsay]

Sounds like a Vacuum Leak- check all the vacuum lines and fittinggs-
especially the one at the modulator................

                 Ed

West Florida Corvair Club
I doubt if you hurt the transmission- Powerglides are pretty tough.


> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles Birchwood" <sharpiebandit06 at bellsouth.net>
> Hey Everyone,
>     I own a 65 monza powerglide with a 110hp engine. <snip>
 Today I was driving to 
> work
> when I accidentally flipped the control arm into reverse instead of 
> neutral.
> I was traveling around 35mph at time. The tires squealed and the 
> engine quit
> on me. Since that time this morning, I haven't been able to get the 
> engine
> to idle for the world. I have to pump large amounts of gas into the 
> engine
> to keep it running. The transmission (which is what I thought would 
> be
> damaged) is working fine and doesn't seem to have any problems, but 
> the
> engine is in dire straits. Also, from riding the car on my way home, 
> I hear
> a noise like large amounts of air are either being sucked into 
> something or
> blown out of something. > 
> Thanks
> Charles   11/17/06