<VV> Trunk hood seal, soggy saddle bags, brake wrench choices

[J R Read_HML]

Find Bill Hubble and put him in the trunk and go around it on the outside 
with a light so he can find the leaks (which could also be the headlight 
buckets).  <Really BIG GRIN>  Do you have the seal in correctly.  I've seen 
them installed upside down.  Do you have nice straight body seems on both 
sides of the lid - between the fenders and the lid and also along the air 
inlet below the windshield?  You might need some adjustment where the lid 
meets the hinges.

If everything is aligned on those three sides, you can adjust the height of 
the bent U shaped latching piece for a tighter fit at the front.

Your hinges are creaking???, lube them.

Saddle bags????  Is this a horse?  Or, just Texas terminology?

Later, JR
CCE CORVANANTICS CORSA member
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater 500 Coupe "icemobile" 4/140 (50%)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Upham" <contactsmu at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 8:47 PM
Subject: <VV> Trunk hood seal, soggy saddle bags, brake wrench choices


> The new hood is not mating with the new trunk seal.  There is about  5/16" 
> of a gap between the seal and the trunk lid.  The gap between  the body 
> and the lid lip on the front from passenger to driver's side  is 5/16 
> (corner) 9/16 (midway to center) 1/2 (center) 7/16 midway to  other side) 
> and 3/8 (driver's corner).  Also, it sounds like a coffin  lid in a horror 
> movie when  it is being opened.
>
> Also, I got caught in a light rain yesterday.  Water is collecting in  the 
> saddle bags.  Normal?
>
> Finally, I have a 3/8 - 7/16 flarenut wrench in my father's  collection of 
> tools (and the special bleeder valve wrench,  too...he,he,he).  Is this 
> all that I'll need to tighten the brake  line fittings? I bought a set 
> that includes the 3/8-7/16, 1/2-9/16,  and 5/8-11/16.  If there's a 
> possibility I'll use them some day, I'll  keep them, if not...  I'm going 
> check the tightness of  the fittings  first.  I pulled the drums on all 
> four wheels and found brake fluid  on the hub inside the drums on both 
> front wheels (more on the  driver's side, and there is an indication that 
> it is leaking -slowly-  from the center of the cylinder cap on that side, 
> which is weird  since the cylinders - brand new - have less than a 
> thousand miles on  them.  I couldn't determine the source of the passenger 
> side).
>
> Stephen Upham
> Dallas, Texas
> North Texas Corvair Association
> CORSA
> Corvaireum //
>
> Mid prod. #18732 -1965 Monza Hardtop 110 PG  - Sierra Tan, Saddle, A/ C, 
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