<VV> Rube Goldberg would be proud ;>}) !!!!

[moonpie8n at comcast.net]

  Get  a  piece  of  roofing  tin, and  cut  it  to  wrap  around  the  piston [maybe 4" high] with  3/4  inch  to  spare. Then,...clamp  it  over  the  piston  and  ring  assembly , using  large  radiator  clamps [as  suggested  on  another  post] and  push  them  home  with  a  hammer  handle. I  have  even  seen  guys  sit  the "JUG" on  top  of  the  piston - ring  assembly  and  callapse  the  rings  with 2  straight  blade  screw  drivers  until  the "JUG" slides  over  the  assembly  [not  recommended].  
  Bob  Isaac
  Moonpie  Racing
   '65  Corsa
    '67  Monza

----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
To: Ron <ronh at owt.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org, Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com>
Sent: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:35:09 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: <VV> Rube Goldberg would be proud ;>}) !!!!

Maybe, things are not always what they may seem to the casual observer, 
looks can be deceiving ...

I will take your observations under advisement though,

I'll check with some vendors on tapered ring compressors, and see if that 
fits the bill ?

Thanks for your insights,
Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" 
To: "Charles Lee" ; ; "Matt 
Nall" 
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: Rube Goldberg would be proud ;>}) !!!!


> What you're really doing is making work where none existed before in order 
> to keep from ever finishing enything.  Or so it seems.
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles Lee" 
> To: ; "Matt Nall" 
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Rube Goldberg would be proud ;>}) !!!!
>
>
>> OK, it may not be clear, but it is not my desire to not be driving my
>> Corvair; it is just working out that way.
>> The web pages are my "breaks" from working on the Corvair, when I can 
>> plan
>> my strategy for the next bout with her.
>>
>> I've all but given up on actually driving this thing, so I have opted to
>> enjoy repairing it ;>}) !
>>
>> Honestly, each and every thing I've done so far has turned into yet 
>> another
>> job (this started as a tune-up to fine-tune the slight miss back in May.)
>> So far, I haven't caused any of the problems myself, at least I hope not,
>> but want to be sure of what I do, so I don't delay this project any 
>> further
>> than it has already been !
>>
>> At each and every point in this "journey" I really thought that I was
>> "almost there" until it blossomed into yet another, deeper repair.
>>
>> So, I have decided to enjoy repairing, and learning about the car, since 
>> it
>> is clear I may never actually drive it.
>>
>> I enjoyed watch your video although I may never experience it, but it is 
>> an
>> incentive !
>>
>> I found some tapered ring compressors but Jegs only has larger sizes :
>> 4.030", 4.000", 4.040", 4.060", 4.155", 4.250", 4.125", 4.280", 4.310"
>>
>> Do you have another source ?
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Matt Nall" 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 5:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: Rube Goldberg would be proud ;>}) !!!!
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Charles Lee 
>>> To: John O'Shea 
>>> Cc: Virtual Vairs 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My reputation is beyond repair, but maybe I can save Rube's from utter
>>> demise if I don't give up, or get derailed !
>>>
>>> ~Cz
>>>
>>> ========================================================
>>>
>>>
>>> As we ALL  can see!!
>>>
>>>
>>> You "CC"  VV????   Are we that far down on your list?   LOL!
>>>
>>>
>>> And  to many here it appears you don't want to ever "Drive"  your 
>>> Vair...
>>> just  wrench on it and make webpages!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> I just left SoCal.....beautiful DRIVING  weather....
>>>
>>>
>>> I wouldn't   say a word...but you are just repairing a car... not doing 
>>> a
>>> "full on  Rotisserie  restoration"...
>>>
>>>
>>> Times's a wasting!  GG   Here's what driving one is like....
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh8Rw1-QbfM
>>>
>>>
>>> Matt Nall
>>> Charleston, Oregon
>>> http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/reswr0kp/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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