<VV> Was Engine Installion Now Dreaded Snout Crack

[corvairduval at cox.net]

Everyone afraid to answer with bad news?

Two options:

1. Do it right, remove transaxle, change snout.

2. Ignore it, and see if it breaks, then you will have to drop everything
back out and do it anyway.

I have put them back in with small chunks missing and the car drove away.
That was back when we were just keeping daily drivers on the road as cheap
as possible. I have also welded them. Now you know that throwout bearing
was not sliding as smooth as it should!

Ah, confession is good for the soul...

Frank DuVal


Original email:
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From: Brian bmoneill at juno.com
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 22:46:10 GMT
To: fastvair at yahoogroups.com, VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Was Engine Installion Now Dreaded Snout Crack


Thanks to all for advice on the engine only installation.  Bad news--closer
inspection as I was putting on throw out bearing showed a crack in the
snout.  It looks like a piece could fall out if I touched it,  Crack
extends 7/16 of an inch from end of snout.  Any fixes?  JB weld? Or am I
faced with dropping the trans axle and having a new snout installed?  I'm
afraid o f the answers!

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