<VV> Follow up to - Trouble getting Corvair home from car show

[Charles Peck]

Group -

Last week I poster the message below. I thank everyone for their
suggestions.

Based on a suggestion by Henry Kaczmarek, I removed the starter and examined
it and the ring gear on the flywheel. Neither was perfect, but neither was
terrible enough to make the loud metal on metal BANG that I got when trying
to start. I finally got my mechanic to make a house call. His conclusion was
that due to weak battery and excessive advance I was getting the engine to
fire backwards. I actually am having a hard time understanding how that
resulted in the BANG, but charging the battery and reducing the advance
seemed to work


> 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
> -
>
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Chuck Peck
cpeckatsalmon at gmail.com
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