<VV> shaking on down...not a good thing

[djtcz at comcast.net]

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From: sharpiebandit06 at bellsouth.net
Subject: <VV> shaking on down...not a good thing

Hey guys,
   So I have a problem. While I'm driving my corvair down the road, there is a 
slight trimmor and when I pull up to the stop light, the back end shake pretty 
bad. My engine never cuts off, it just shakes real bad. I know i have good 
compression in the heads and cylinders, I just spent the moring inspecting the 
torque convertor connection to that plate in the bell housing and made sure the 
three bolts weren't loose. I know that I'm loosing a bunch of fluids which I 
foudn to ATF fluid due to a bad seal. The carbs are find and synched properly 
and the timing is correct, does anyone have any ideas?

Charles
Jax, FL '65 Monza 95hp




What repairs were made just before it ran rough?
Sometimes cum hoc ergo propter hoc IS correct.

With the engine off I'd slip a straighened paper clip in each of the 6 dist cap connections, then with teh engine idling, short out one cylinder at a time using a test lead to ground.  If the cylinders are working equally then the rpm drop when any one is shorted will be the same.  With the "shaking" you describe i expect several dead cylinders, or a few switched plug leads, or even several fouled plugs


Dan Timberlake 
Westford, Massachusetts, USA