<VV> FC ENGINE HEAT

[Ron]

I assume, then, that Rampsides don't have that material glued on, only the 
vans?
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Marlow" <vairtec at optonline.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> FC ENGINE HEAT


> Larry is exactly right.  It is sound-deadening material,
> factory-glued to the inside of the rear inner panel on each side.  It
> is present in all Greenbriers, perhaps Corvans (I am not sure) and
> not in pickups.
>
> It does indeed come unglued, so to speak, and fall down such that it
> restricts the intake of cooling air.
>
> It is the very definition of a PITA to remove.  The rear inner panel
> needs to be semi-removed to get at it, and that it very difficult to
> do thanks to several unseen bolts.  If you remove the upper cardboard
> rear pilar cover, you will see two bolts.  There are two matchining
> bolts coming up from the bottom.  Get to them via the battery box on
> the left, and via the engine compartment on the right.  Being a
> contortionist is helpful.
>
> --Bob Marlow
>
>
> At 03:37 PM 6/10/2010, Larry Forman wrote:
>>Actually there is one more item that is important to check.   The 
>>Greenbrier
>>and possibly all other FCs had a fiber or rubber type of mat glued to the
>>inside of the sheet metal roughly at the air inlet grill areas.   Mike
>>Peters, when he had Corvair Country, warned me about this many years ago
>>when I had just gotten my Greenbrier.   I checked and sure enough, the
>>padding had come loose.   When that happens, it can (and sometimes did)
>>block the air inlets to the engine.   This has caused some engines to
>>overheat and self-destruct, according to Mike at that time.   I removed my
>>padding by catching part of it and pulling it out as I sliced it into 
>>small
>>pieces.   There might be an easier way to remove it.
>>
>>  Larry
>
> Robert W. Marlow
> Vairtec at optonline.net
>
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