<VV> Fw: Unintended acceleration

[n5hsr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "n5hsr" <n5hsr at sprynet.com>
To: "henry kaczmarek" <kaczmarek at charter.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 21:16
Subject: Re: <VV> Unintended acceleration


> We had the OPPOSITE problem with our 62.  One day driving along the 
> highway, the engine dropped down to idle and wouldn't go any faster, no 
> matter how much you pressed on the accellerator.  Pulled over to the side. 
> Had a relative tow it in and fix it.  Turns out the link between the 
> accellerator and the back had a fastener that could work loose over time, 
> which is precisely what it did.
>
> Charles Fregeau
> ex 62 700 coupe.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "henry kaczmarek" <kaczmarek at charter.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 20:23
> Subject: Re: <VV> Unintended acceleration
>
>
>> Charles' story should be a wake-up call for all of us, but especially LM
>> owners.
>>
>> As I explained once at the parts counter to a customer with a GM CS 
>> series
>> alternator, wondering why the bearing came out of  the rear housing after
>> about 15 months-----when that was exactly the same problem he brought his
>> original in.
>>
>> The company that rebuilds these alternators is rebuilding a part that is 
>> the
>> result of some lousy engineering.
>>
>> The 1965 and 66-69 Corvair Motor mounts, and some of the transmission 
>> mounts
>> as well, have designed-in flaws. Not on purpose of course, but this is 
>> the
>> reason a newly rebuilt mount can fail earlier than you think it should.
>>
>> I don't know if Auto-crossers go through more mounts because of the 
>> stresses
>> applied to the drivetrain in that pursuit, but I certainly wouldn't be
>> surprised.  It is highly unlikely that the engineers would be thinking 
>> the
>> drivetrain would ever be put through those stresses in normal driving. 
>> I
>> have spoken to GM Engineers who told me that the Corvair was designed to
>> last about 10 years.  Yet 45 years, and 50 years later, we are still 
>> driving
>> them.  This was never envisioned by the design staff.
>>
>> Writing this because AFAIK Steele Rubber is the only company that 
>> rebuilds
>> Corvair mounts.  By the amount of cores we get from the vendors and from
>> individual owners I can see no other alternative.
>>
>>>From Charles' story we find another way that our car can become unsafe at
>> any speed.   So check your mounts.  And pretty please, with sugar on
>> top---DON'T JACK YOUR CAR UP BY THE MOTOR MOUNT!!!!! There are jacking
>> points on the car----use them!!!  Doing the above guarantees premature
>> failure of the  LM mount.
>>
>> Hank
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Charles Good" <charles_good at hotmail.com>
>> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 3:14 PM
>> Subject: <VV> Unintended acceleration
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Years ago I had an unintended acceleration in a 1965 (I think) Corvair.
>>> It was very very scary and I am lucky the car and I came out of it
>>> without major damage. I drove over a bump or pothole and I didn't know
>>> it at that moment, but the jolt popped two or three of the motor mount
>>> bolts. The rear engine sagged down and stretched out the accelerator
>>> linkage and the automatic transmission linkage. The car shot forward at
>>> full throttle > Charles Good
>>> charles_good at hotmail.com
>>>
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