<VV> No Corvair Mechanical Question - Update

[Garth Stapon]

My local flaps has a loaner tool program.

I bought most of my parts there and went in to discuss my delima.

The suggested that I borrow their puller kit. $ 95 deposit and I was down the road.

30 minutes after arriving home it was off. It also had great directions in the kit. As a shade tree mechanic this was new territory for me.

The belt needs replacement. I ordered new rad hoses, an alternator and a water pump.

New belts all around.

Re-assembly tomorrow.

Not much room to wrench under that hood. I went to Home depot and bout a seven piece wrench set that has a socet design on one end. What a time saver. everyone should ask for a set of these for their birthday.

I spoiled myself since I did not have to buy the puller kit. Only $70 bucks. Husky is not Snapon, but they have an articulated  head and have proved to be a great time saver.

Happy Memorial Day to all.

And to the Canucs on the list I hope that Victoria Day was a smash.

Hank, I am proud of you for making the plunge on the van.

That Van could not find a better home.

Regards, Garth


-----Original Message-----
>From: Garth Stapon <corvair2 at earthlink.net>
>Sent: May 27, 2007 11:39 AM
>To: "virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: Re: <VV> No Corvair Mechanical Question
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>Hi:
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>I bought my 16 year old a 98 Chev Tracker 4X4. It is a 1.6 L sohc - 4 cyl motor.
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>It has 85,000 miles and I am not sure if the cam belt has been changed. I want to take off the cover to inspect. GM suggests replacement at 60,000 miles.
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>I bought the GM factory manual on e bay and followed the directions. Kind of like baking a cake.
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>I am on step 14 and it instructs me to remove the 5 bolts on the exposed crank shaft pulley. I did this. Because of the location at the bottom of the engine it is filled with road grime. I did manage to get all 5 bolts off.
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>The manual specifically states that it is not necessary to remove the large center bolt on the crankshaft as the pulley can be removed without removing it. I tried to loosen the pulley after removing the 5 outside bolts including using a socket wrench on the center bolt.
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>I haav applied liberal amounts of WD40 to the pulley and now it sits. Time for a coffee and to send this note.
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>Without taking off this pulley, I can not remove the cover to inspect, so I am lost at what might be the next step. The shroud is plastic and I worry that heat might melt it (or worse yet ignite it).
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>Assuming that I can not get it off with lubrication or heat, what can you suggest to stop the motor from rotating if I reef on the center bolt? I recall a couple of creative types suggesting a rag down the spark plug hole to stop piston rotation on a Corvair but in this case, the spark plug hole is recessed approximately 8 inches so I do not think that this would be practical.
>Thanks in advance for your help.
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>There is no better way to spend Memorial day weekend than wrenching on a car.Even if its not a Corvair. 9 Year old bolts are much easier to romove than 42 year old bolts!
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>Please send ideas off line.
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>Regards, Garth
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