<VV> Paucity of Corvair mechanics

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Mark,
    I agree completely!  Reminds me that  about 25 years ago when my wife was 
driving a 67 Monza everyday to work,  she pulled up to a stoplight and when 
it changed to green, the car refused to  move.  She tried L, R and D on the PG 
but it was like they were all  NEUTRAL.  After determining there was plenty of 
AT fluid, I had the car  towed to a nearby Transmission Shop and when I spoke 
to the owner, he said he  didn't work on "rear-engined" cars.  I said it was 
a simple Chevrolet  Powerglide and probably the pressure regulator valve was 
simple stuck open  so there was no pressure to engage the bands at low speed.  
He  still refused to work on it and told me to fix it myself!  So, after   
borrowing a neighbor's station wagon, I towed the Monza home and DID fix  it 
myself.
    But the point is, as you suggest, he was AFRAID of  the unfamiliar, even 
though it was a basic GM PG transmission.
    Frank "thanks for the memories"  Burkhard 
 
In a message dated 7/10/2008 4:22:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
airvair at earthlink.net writes:
[SNIP]

I feel  that much of the resistance from mechanics about working on Corvairs
is  what it always has been, the fear of the unfamiliar. What we Corvair
owners  need to do is to emphasize whenever asked (by the media) that
Corvairs are  easy to work on, but just different. And if any mechanic is
competent, he  CAN fix a Corvair. It's just that a lot of mechanics (even
today) fear the  unfamiliar, and hence tell their clients that they won't
work on Corvairs  "because they're too hard" and not the real reason,
admitting to their own  fear of the unfamiliar.


[SNIP]



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