<VV> Engine issue

[J R Read]

Well,  If you DO find that the left head was never de-flashed you ought to 
also look at the right side.

This can be done with the engine in the car and tools such as a hack saw 
blade and/or keyhole saw (not too wide of a blade) and/or slender 
screwdriver.

Matt sent a picture - look to the bottom of his email for a line starting 
URL and click on it.  The top one is the way they should look.  The bottom 
one has some partial blockage.  I've seen worse ones.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bicknell" <bicknell at cfanet.com>
To: "'J R Read'" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:03 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Engine issue


> JR,
> This sounds like the problem.  I cleaned the cylinders well (with a wire 
> and
> compressed air) because they had a lot of crud in between the fins, but 
> the
> cylinder head looked clean from grease, etc. but I did notice the flash. 
> I
> figured since it ran for 20 years that it was probably OK.  (It had 1982
> license plates so I figured 62-82)  I'll work on the flash or get another
> cylinder head.
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J R Read [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 6:33 PM
> To: Bill Bicknell; VIRTUALVAIRS at CORVAIR.ORG
> Subject: Re: <VV> Engine issue
>
> Have you checked for casting flash in the head of the left bank?  You
> mentioned "cleaned the fins", but I'm not sure exactly what you meant by
> that.  You blew out debris with compressed air?  You did something more 
> than
> that?
>