<VV> Broken Starter Nose

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

This situation is not only true for TEXAS, but also for Southern  
California; if I don't drive my Angie for a few days, I have to run the starter  a 
while to get fuel to the carbs--the longer I put off driving, the longer it  
takes.
I'm going to talk to Dave Statland (the mobile Corvair mechanic in the LA.  
area) and find out just what the problem is--I'll get back to y'all and say 
what  he tells me.
 
Scotty from Hollyweird.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/21/2012 9:13:33 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
joel at joelsplace.com writes:

I'm sure  we will get different opinions but my experience in Texas heat 
with Corvairs  is that when you run them on a hot day and get them really 
warm, the gas boils  out of the carbs and floods the engine when you shut it 
off.  If it sits  overnight the gas evaporates and all is good except the carbs 
have to fill  back up for it to start.  If you try to restart it at the 
wrong time it's  flooded, the carbs are empty and the chokes have closed.  
Cranking with  the throttle wide open is the only way to get it to start and 
that's assuming  your linkage on the chokes is adjusted properly so when the 
throttle is wide  open it kicks the chokes open.  I've thought about mounting 
an electric  fan on the deck lid on my earlies with a timer that runs the 
fan for a while  after the engine is off to cool things down.
Granted all this is going on  with cars that have a lot of miles and heads 
that haven't been  de-flashed.
Joel  McGregor

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From:  virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org [virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] 
On Behalf  Of Byron Comp [byron.comp at yahoo.com]
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
'64 Monza Vert
Williamsport,  PA
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