<VV> OK is it true or not ?

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/22/2007 1:23:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
corvette at velocity.net writes:

guys  have been telling me at the Cruises about the corvair motors falling 
out of  the cars when driveing them down  the road years ago , can ,and did this 
 ever happen ,they keep telling me to watch for it to happen to my corvair , 
i  am new to corvairs , the New-B , Frank From Near Erie Pa  .


 
Can it happen? Yes 
 
Has it happened? Yes - Ignorance of installation procedures can cause the  
rear motor mount to separate and the back part of the engine to drop downwards.  
The engine cannot "Fall out" as in laying there, by itself on the ground. It 
can  happen on late models, if the pair of rear nuts are not torqued or the 
wrong  nuts are installed - the stockers are self-locking. It is more common 
(but  still rare) on early models. If the nut is not secured, the motor mount can 
come  apart and the engine drops down at the rear. It's like asking a Pinto 
owner if  his fuel tank has exploded. Or - much more commonly, 1960's era Chevy 
V8  motor mounts come apart internally, allowing the engine to rotate in the 
chassis  causing the carb linkage to accelerate the motor - as in "crash!" 
There was a  factory recall to put limiting straps on the engines. That one cost 
GM a bundle.  I don't "recall" a recall on Corvair motor mounts. - Seth  
Emerson



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