<VV> Failure Analysis

[Ron]

Question:  Has anyone successfully welded the tab back on to the governor 
housing?  If so, how?

RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sethracer at aol.com>
To: <vairologist at verizon.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Failure Analysis


>
> In a message dated 10/25/2006 9:47:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> vairologist at verizon.net writes:
>
> The  mounting bolt was firmly holding the retaining tab which had come un
> welded  from the governer.  We slipped another governer on and were under 
> way in
> a matter of minutes.  I know I haven't heard of and seen everything but 
> this
> failure was a new one for me.
>
>
>
> Smitty - As the years wear on, I'm sure we will see failures of things 
> that
> had never failed before on our Corvairs. At 45 years old, things started 
> going
> wrong with me that had never happened before. (I'm now 59) I guess we 
> can't
> expect the cars to do much better, especially when they can't diagnose
> themselves and they depend on us for care and maintenance. -  Seth
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