<VV> LM thermostat assy modification

[Bob Tarpenning]

I don't know what the big deal is with hooking up the thermostats.  I have
been using the method with the coat hanger that Bob is talking about for at
least 40 years and it is easy.  I still have the first coat hanger hook that
I made back then.  You can hook the thermostat up in less than a minute.
Bob T

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Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 2:55 PM
To: corvairduval at cox.net; VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> LM thermostat assy modification


And I still use my trusty metal clothes hanger mod.  Bend the straight end
of an opened metal clothes hanger at a 90 degree angle about and inch and a
quarter back from the end.  Then bend that inch and a quarter piece into a
bend that just slips over the width of the thermostat rod.  Now you can
reach in and grab the rod just behind the swivel, pull out the rod enough to
slide it through the hole and clip (you did tighten the clip so it stays
tight, right?).

Bob



-----Original Message-----
From: Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net>
To: VirtualVairs <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Fri, Jan 20, 2012 10:26 am
Subject: Re: <VV> LM thermostat assy modification


That is how I have do it for 30 years. 
The only down side, if removing lower shrouds seasonally (a different
discussion gg), is the retaining tab breaks off. Then a sheet metal screw is
used to etain pin. Placement of this screw matters, do not interfere with
the door ravel. 
Frank DuVal
On Jan 20, 2012, at 8:06 t AM, John Miller <ssvairnut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I see all kinds of ideas on how to hook up the  bellows to the doors, 
> and ways
o attach that "horrid little clip". I've tried it many wasys over the years
and kinned many a fat fingers with little success other than heating up my
emperment.  I have learned pull the door hinge pin to attach the rod on the
able, then with the door, rod, and pan attached, slide the whole assembly in
osition to carewfully slide the hinge pin back in. The pan hangs down at
oughly a 45 degree angle to the motor. Once the pin is back in place, just
wing the pan into place and put the bolts on and tighten up. And look...no
DNA ost on the project.
  
 John Miller
 Iowa
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