<VV> Intermittent Corvair

Sat Mar 20 21:33:34 EDT 2010

I agree with Mark. Mine did the same thing 2 summers ago. Then one day it
just would not start after a 5 mile trot to pick up milk at the local dairy.
I got it home and went right back out to go to a show and she would not
start. Checked the resistance on the coil and continuity and found it bad.
Replaced with a Car Quest one (not sure of the actual manufacturer) but it's
been fine since. The heat our motor throw out plus the actual operating temp
of the coil, I was told makes them go bad faster in our cars than most. But
that was just a passing comment. I am not sure of the validaty of that
claim.

Jason Cesana
Member Bay State Corvairs 2008
CORSA Member 2008
Eastern Director CORSA

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Mark Durham
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:45 PM
To: kevin nash
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Intermittent Corvair

Jim, if the coil overheats it will cause a similar problem and when it cools
down, will start right up. When I first put the Pertronics II in my 62 102
with the high output coil, It ran good for about 250 miles and then it all
of a sudden started to buck, luckily it was a half mile to my house I I just
kinda coasted/idled into the driveway and it died and would not start.
Replaced the coil, that Flame Thrower lasted fewer miles, so instead of
getting another flamethorwer, I just went down to Schucks and got a std coil
and its worked for two summers. Mark Durham PS. I also had problems with the
resister wire found in the late 62's abnd 63, sit started to smke and burn
the insulation, so I cut it out and rewired for 12 volts when I bought the
std coil.

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 2:43 PM, kevin nash <wrokit at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>
>  Jim-
>
>  Although I have had a coil fail on me, (car died, wouldnt re-start 
> untill coil was
>
>  replaced) I haven't had one go bad like you are describing. I have 
> had the buck
>
>  and kick problem, and in my case it was an ignition problem. Check to 
> make sure
>
>  that the ballast resistor wire connections are secure, and that the 
> resistor itself is
>
>  not broken (remove the hold down screw and check underneath and 
> verify that
>
>  the resistor is in one piece). Also, check the coil wire connections, 
> making sure
>
>  that they are nice and tight, or at least down firm enough so that 
> you cannot
>
>  rotate the connections on the terminals with your fingers. Next, 
> check that the
>
>  points wire leaving the distributor has not been damaged- the the 
> insulation on the
>
>  wire can sometimes be rubbed away enough to  intermittently short out 
> on the
>
>  distributor. If all of these checks are good, try a known good coil- 
> sometimes
>
>  coils can fail like you describe, and it is because they heat up and 
> the resistance
>
>  gets too high for them to work properly.
>
>  Kevin Nash
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:37:21 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Jim Gammon <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: <VV> Intermittant Corvair
> > To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> > Message-ID: <846128.13522.qm at web51108.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > My 64 coupe 110 2 carb 'vair runs fine for about 5 miles, then 
> > starts to
> buck and kick, then it dies.
> > ?
> > I had assumed that the previous owner had screwed up the carbs 
> > (which he
> had) and replaced them with Clark's rebuilts. I did a full tuneup, 
> cap, rotor, condenser, all wires, vacuum hoses, plugs, points.
> > ?
> > Took her out today, and had to get her towed 1.5 miles?home.
> > ?
> > I'm thinking the coil is the problem, but I don't know. It could be
> wiring or the ingition switch or -???
> > ?
> > Anyone have a coil fail this way?
> > ?
> > Any other ideas?????
> > ?
> > Jim NJ
> >
>
>
>
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