<VV> Corvair hesitation

[Mark Durham]

Jim, Make sure you check the timing with the distributer vacuum off and
plugged and at the right RPM.

If after you have checked out the ignition, head to the carbs. On the carbs,
pull off the tops and see if you have a good stream of fuel in each when you
add throttle, from the accelerator pumps. They may not be giving you enough
fuel which would cause the hesitation.
Mark Durham

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Jim Houston <jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> I've heard that a lot of secretaries are hunt 'n peckers . . .   :-D
>
> Jim Houston
>
> Jim Gammon wrote:
> > I should have been more clear. Sometimes I think faster than I type. Not
> too hard when you hunt and peck.
> >
> > I did a full tune up, points, plugs, cap, condenser, rotor, but not the
> wires, NAPA doesn't stock them locally. The car runs good, even when warm,
> but has the slightest hesitation at low revs and backfired once.
> >
> > Being as it runs great when cold, I suspect timing or mixture, perhaps a
> sticky rotator (vacuum advance) plate. I had that once with a Datsun.
> >
> > But I am having a problem reading the timing marks on the balancer/block.
> I'll try oil and sandpaper to make the marks more visible.
> >
> > Thanks for all the advice.
> >
> > Jim Gammon
> >
> > --- On Tue, 11/17/09, Michael Kovacs <kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Michael Kovacs <kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net>
> > Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair hesitation
> > To: "Jim Gammon" <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 11:36 AM
> >
> >
> > Welcome. It sounds like a bad coil. When they get hot they wont deliver
> enough "lectricity" to spark the plugs. Good corvair club in NJ...look them
> up.
> >  MIKE KOVACS
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jim Gammon <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>
> > To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> > Sent: Tue, November 17, 2009 8:11:59 AM
> > Subject: <VV> Corvair hesitation
> >
> > Hi all, I'm a new member - 64 Monza HT
> >
> > I bought this Monza, and it needed a tune up, it ran when cold, but died
> when warm. I did everything but timing, I can barely read the mark on the
> block. It runs great now until completely warm, then it has a slight
> hesitation problem. It isn't really bad, but I want to fix it.
> >
> > Could this be timing? What else? I filled it with regular, but I hear no
> pinging.
> >
> > It had decent plugs, some brown deposits.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jim Gammon
> > Manasquan, NJ
> >
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