<VV> Trouble getting Corvair home from car show

[Charles Lee]

Just a thought but : starter nose / ring gear teeth (already considered) ?

Maybe the starter is loose  and not seating properly ?

The fact that it ran OK on the way home probably means you don't have a 
major engine malfunction, and it's in the starter arena ?

imho,
Charlie Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jimster1" <jimster1 at earthlink.net>
To: "'Charles Peck'" <cpeckatsalmon at gmail.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Trouble getting Corvair home from car show


> Is the bang-bang a mechanical noise or is the car lighting its farts?
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Charles Peck
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 4:14 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Trouble getting Corvair home from car show
>
> Group -
>
> This weekend my wife and I showed my 2 Corvairs at the Salmon Idaho 
> Father's
> Day Car Show. Each is a 1965 Corsa. One is a Tuxedo Black Turbo 
> Convertible,
> and the other is a Mist Blue 2 door 140 Hardtop. While the cars didn't win
> any prizes (this is truck country), they were the only Corvairs in the 
> show,
> and  they were fairly well received.  I got to talk to lots of people 
> about
> Corvairs.
>
> Unfortunately, the convertible didn't want to go home at the end of the
> show. The battery may have been a little low from powering the top down 
> and
> up a few times, and it did turn the engine over a little slowly, and then
> BANG BANG (loud metal on metal sound). I took the hardtop home and brought
> its battery back; jumping the convertible with this battery. The next
> attempt at starting was similar  to the first - turning a little slow and
> then the BANG BANG. Then the next attempt, and the engine turned over
> normally; the car started; and, the engine seemed pretty normal on the 
> ride
> home.
>
> I don't like the BANG BANG, but will probably try starting it again when 
> my
> mechanic can be present, but in the meantime, I told him I would sound out
> Virtual Vairs and see if anyone had ideas.
>
> I have had Corvairs for years. The hardtop since 1969 or 1970, and the
> convertible since about 1978, and a couple other along the way. I would
> guess I lost teeth on the starter or flywheel, but that doesn't really 
> feel
> right. I have also had experience with solenoid chatter from low batteries
> and dropped valve seats, and this didn't seem to fit my memory of those.
>
> If you have any thoughts on my problem, I welcome the input.
>
> Chuck
> -- 
> Chuck Peck
> cpeckatsalmon at gmail.com
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