<VV> now vapor lock

[James Davis]

Even hot water works well.  Just be sure not to embarrass your 
significant other.

After a hard run to catch the Minescott Beach to Cherry Branch Ferry 
(NC), I was third in line on the ferry in my wife's 1965 Corsa convert.  
After the 15 minute ferry crossing, the Corsa started normally and made 
it half way up the ferry's off ramp before it vapor-locked, blocking the 
20 or so other cars still on the ferry. I gabbed a coke bottle from the 
waste basket and filled it with the Pamlico Sound water and pored it 
over the fuel pump.  The car started after about 10 seconds of cranking 
and we pulled over into the parking lot to let the other cars pass while 
I calmed down.  I carried a quart of water in the boot for the rest of 
the trip just in case. That fall I installed an electric pulse type fuel 
pump inline with the mechanical pump.  The electric pump has a manual 
on/off switch and is only used to prime the carbs or to overcome vapor 
lock.  The year was 1965.  Both pumps are still in the car some 316,000 
miles later.
Jim Davis


On 6/21/2012 4:07 PM, J R Read wrote:
> An ice pack on the stock fuel pump will often do the trick to get you
> started again.
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Byron Comp" <byron.comp at yahoo.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 6:43 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Broken Starter Nose
>
>
> Man, I sure hope that's not the case with mine. I'd rather take the blame
> than to think that the new clutch and flywheel, both heavy duty from
> Clark's, are suspect.
>
> With an ambient temp of 97-98 here in Northeast PA yesterday, I took the
> Monza for a 100+ mile cruise. When we stopped for lunch, it wouldn't restart
> again. Don't know if it was vapor locked or flooded. I tried everything I
> knew, but the only thing I succeeded in doing was in running the battery
> down. Finally called for road service through my Hagerty insurance and a
> fellow "Chevy lover" came out and provided enough extra juice from a jump
> that I could get it running. It did act like it was flooded (black smoke)
> when it finally started.
>
> Never a dull moment. It was way too hot to be out running around anyway,
> even with the top down.
>
> Byron Comp