<VV> Carburetor Heat System

[J R Read_HML]

If it does not get below freezing, just leave them closed.
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Monasterio" <dmonasterio at hotmail.com>
To: <dziegler3 at comcast.net>; <lonzovair at aol.com>
Cc: <lechevrier at earthlink.net>; "VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Carburetor Heat System


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>    What ?...My Rampside didn't have them since I own her (21 years) and 
> the 64 GB I'm restoring does have them but, as they look like air flow 
> restrictors, never realized they are unnecesary on places like mine (40 F 
> on Winter to 100 F on Summer), ... is it right ?
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>    Think that 61 & 64 shop manuals don't mention it but, I could missed 
> that info.
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> Daniel Monasterio
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>> From: dziegler3 at comcast.net
>> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:28:58 -0400
>> To: lonzovair at aol.com
>> CC: lechevrier at earthlink.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Carburetor Heat System
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>> But, the FC's had removable plate in the sidewalls to increase or
>> decrease cooling air flow.
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>> Dave...
>> On Jul 12, 2009, at 3:01 PM, lonzovair at aol.com wrote:
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>> > Bill,
>> > The EMs with A/C also had small metal plates to cover those
>> > holes... and the Spyders, too... FCs did not, but probably could
>> > have benefitted from it.
>> > Hope this helps.
>> > Lonzo
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>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
>> > To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> > Sent: Sun, Jul 12, 2009 2:41 pm
>> > Subject: Re: <VV> Carburetor Heat System
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>> >> Most Corvairs did not have summer/winter plates.
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>> > See, now we get into a early-late thing again -- were there more
>> > earlies
>> > or more lates? I'm not looking it up because I don't really care, but
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>> > 1960's had a switch/valve/whatever in the carb heat tube, which I
>> > believe I've heard was not originally fitted, but added early in
>> > production.
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>> > 1961-1964 you actually needed to bend the carb heat flaps closed in
>> > the
>> > summer -- duct tape anyone, to get sucked into the fan when the
>> > adhesive
>> > fails? Perhaps screw a piece of flat tin under the opening?
>> >
>> > 1965-1969 I, again believing, think the plates were factory on cars
>> > with the 12 plate oil coolers, and could be put on all the others by
>> > drilling the fastening hole. Were there more than one size of
>> > these plates?
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>> > Somebody out there knows all this stuff for sure, and I hope any
>> > errors
>> > herein will spur corrective remarks.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > Bill Strickland
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