<VV> Intermittant Corvair

[Jim Gammon]

Well, I got it. 
 
The problem was either the coil or the wire from the coil to the points. I replaced both and she ran 10 miles, longer than since I got her. 
 
Now all I need to do is tune the rebuilt carbs and check the timing. She was a bit weak once warmed up, and didn't want to idle either.
 
Say Hallulaluha!
 
Hey, if we mated a Chevette with a Corvair, would that be a Corvette?
 
Jim New Jersey 64 coupe 'vair

--- On Sat, 3/27/10, Mark Durham <62vair at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Mark Durham <62vair at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> Intermittant Corvair
To: "Jim Gammon" <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org, "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 7:58 PM


Jim, Get some peace of mind and add towing coverage on to your insurance, its cheap. Mines an extra $12 for 6 months, well worth the security. Hope you find the answer. On my 62 (which has a 63 wiring harness in it, the resistance wire started to smoke in the harness along the left engine bay harness, so I ended up removing that and wiring the system with a 12 volt coil and Pertronix II. The Flame thrower 12 volt coils kept blowing out (2 of them) , so I went down to Schucks and got a std 12 volt universal coil and the car runs great and I've put 1500 miles on it since with no problems. Mark Durham


On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Jim Gammon <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com> wrote:

Don't know yet. I just got the coil from Clarks and installed it last night. The other work I planned to do this weekend. I will have to drive around the block a million times to be close to home if it fails again. I don't want to pay for a tow again.....
 
Jim

--- On Fri, 3/26/10, J R Read_HML <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


From: J R Read_HML <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> Intermittant Corvair
To: "Jim Gammon" <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Date: Friday, March 26, 2010, 1:30 AM





Jim,

What was the answer?

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gammon" <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 2:37 PM
Subject: <VV> Intermittant Corvair


My 64 coupe 110 2 carb 'vair runs fine for about 5 miles, then starts to buck and kick, then it dies.


Jim NJ

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