<VV> Dumb Things

[Western Canada CORSA]

Right after buying my first corvair I had to do a clutch job.  We did
something along the same lines, but cracked a '66 sag tranny case from the 3
to 9 o'clock positions completely around the top of the case.  Until I could
afford to get the tranny rebuilt it was driven sparingly, and was always
topped up first.  When it was finally disassembled to be rebuilt, the Tranny
Guy exclaimed "This is the cleanest tranny I've ever seen!".

Regards,
Joel

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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Smitty Smith
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:59 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Dumb Things


Smitty Says:  I will never be able to remember the whole 40 years worth but
along with the forgetting the cyl baffle plates, and fan, and fuel lines, I
managed to get a 4 sp rebuilt and installed in the car before finding that
it wouldn't shift.  Also have at least twice poured 4 qts of new oil into
engines with the drain plug sitting alongside the pan of dirty oil
underneath.  Don't ask how many times I tried to start an engine with the
rotor sitting in the spare tire well.  A classic really stupid one was
mounting an Early 4sp tranny to the diff and it only lacked about 1/4 inch
of going all the way.  I knew the spline would slip as soon as I put a
little pressure on it so I installed the bolts and tightened a little here
and a little there until it popped and went right on.  As I was installing
the transmission/motor mount bar I found where the 1/4 inch came from.  The
front transmission bearing was sticking through the little aluminum plate on
the front of the  transmission.
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