<VV> Motor mounting

Sun Feb 14 13:49:55 EST 2010

Thanks, Hank, there is a lot of that stuff going around these days, hang in
there and get the best treatment you can find. This next fall I plan to do a
complete overhaul of the engine and plan to send in the mounts to be
re-vulcanized. Do they do the aft mounts too, or just the two fronts? I've
got a EM 62 coupe.

After I get the power train up to snuff, I'll start on the body restoration.
Its in good shape, but to make it show room, all the rubber has to be
replaced in the body and suspension, new paint, new carpet, headlines, etc.
But I'm going to do that in stages and continue to drive it. This is a 5
year project, for sure.

Mark

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 3:26 AM, henry kaczmarek <kaczmarek at charter.net>wrote:

> Mark
> Yes, that's the co. website. I'm a CSR for Steele Rubber Products, been
> there for the last 5 years.
>
>  If you ever have a question about any of our Corvair or other USA vehicle
> weatherstripping  Products, feel free to give me a call.  I was diagnosed
> with cancer on tuesday of last week after neck surgery so I won't be in the
> office until Wednesday.  You can also send e-mail to
> hkaczmarek at steelerubber.com , I check my work e-mail from home every day.
>
> Hank
>   ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Mark Durham
>  To: Sethracer at aol.com
>  Cc: kaczmarek at charter.net ; virtualvairs at corvair.org
>  Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:39 PM
>  Subject: Re: <VV> Motor mounting
>
>
>  https://secure.steelerubber.com/ Hank, Are you talking about this site?
> They do list the early style Corvair mount and a bunch of other corvair
> rubber parts. They will re-vulcanize if you send in the parts.
>  Mark Durham
>
>
>  On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 7:07 PM, <Sethracer at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>    In a message dated 2/13/2010 6:23:09 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>    kaczmarek at charter.net writes:
>
>    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
>
>
>
>    I agree, Hank, that the motor mount is a place where a small  inspection
>    goes a long way. That said, Charles mount did not fail. A  catastrophic
>    internal failure of the rubber in either the early design 65-  or the
> later design
>    66-69 mount will not allow the motor to drop out of the  chassis. There
> are
>    internal steel mechanisms to prevent that in both designs. On  the late
>    models, there are a pair of crimp-design lock nuts holding the rear
>  engine
>    bracket to the mount. There are four regular hex-head bolts holding  the
> other
>    portion of the mount to the rear frame rail. ONLY if all four bolts
>  fall
>    out or both nuts fall off, will the mount will depart it's designed
>  position
>    and the engine (usually) drop down. Charles mentioned, in his  note,
> that
>    the nuts had fallen off. So the important "take-away" from this
>  discussion,
>    is to inspect the four bolts in the engine compartment and, somewhat
>  tougher
>    to do, check your nuts! By the way, if you find yourself lifting the
>    engine into place and you can't find a pair of the original design lock
> nuts to
>    fit over the "figure-8" washer, the Corvair rocker-arm adjuster nuts
> will
>    work  fine in this application. They are also a locking design. The
> late-late
>    mount  can also be inspected, visually. A perky one, in good condition,
>    should  stick up in the middle. If it is flat across when installed, it
> is  time
>    to start looking for a replacement.
>
>    I hate to admit this - But I drove a complete, 3-lap run at an autocross
>    (Not at a Corvair-Convention) with my 140 linkage stuck to the floor,
> wide
>    open. I used the ignition switch as an engine brake. I also had good
> metallic
>     brakes.  Stupid? Yes. But the rules were you got one, three-lap run,
>  and
>    once you went on course, no re-runs. And I was running for a
>  championship.
>    PS - I took the class, and the championship. That was when I was  young
> and
>    foolish - I am no longer young!
>
>    Seth  Emerson
>
>    C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette
>
>
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