<VV> Intermittent Corvair

Sat Mar 20 21:48:22 EDT 2010

Cleaning out the cob webs from the late 60's and 70's I remember there were
two issues with my 62 102 then, the Generator kept breaking mounts, , I
always kept a spare coil, oh, I also remember that points and plugs lasted
only 20K miles then. But the carbs were reliable accept for hot starts.
Always started, but it sometimes took awhile! It was the only car at college
that would start reliably at -20F. (But then I had to scrape the inside of
the windows to see!)
Mark Durham

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Jason Cesana <jacesana1 at cox.net> wrote:

> 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-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [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>
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> > >
> > > 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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