<VV> Starting 4 year Dormant Car

[jlstuk at juno.com]

Mark, will it stay running if you shoot some starting fluid in the carbs when it starts to die. If so, then I would look at the carb filters if 1960's have them.   JIm Stukenborg

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From: MarK Durham via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
To: Smitty <vairologist at cox.net>
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Starting 4 year Dormant Car
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 06:46:09 -0700

Are you sure you have good spark? Is the resistance wire bad or the coil
weak? The backfiring could be an electrical issue.
Mark Durham Hauser Idaho
62 Coupe Red/Red 4 speed
On Aug 14, 2014 10:11 PM, "Smitty via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Smitty Says;   An elderly clubbie that lives 65 miles away has asked me to
> get his car running so he can sell it.  I want to be a nice guy but the fun
> is gone after 3 round trips to get it going.  I’d like to have some
> suggestions or thoughts I can follow up on.
> 60 model with very good engine.  Good compression , Good valves.  Carbs
> have been cleaned and rebuilt and even swapped out for other rebuilt
> carbs.  Fuel pressure is up to 7 psi for the short times it is running.  It
> will start and run for 3-4 seconds and then die.  Not even long enough to
> use up the fuel in the bowls.  This can be repeated any time.  Fuel is
> being supplied by a outboard motor gas tank with priming bulb.  Other
> times  I have used a lawnmower fill can sitting in front of the engine
> lid.  Plenty of gravity).  I Don’t know if I trust the accuracy of the fuel
> gage all that much but the bowls are filling rapidly and and the float
> valves are handling the pressure OK.  The proven good fuel pump was
> replaced with another known good pump  During trouble shooting the
> distributor was found to be in lousy condition.  Flyweight springs were
> loose and timing was flopping all over the place.  The springs were
> replaced. Points were making electrical contact most of the time.  gg.
>  Corrosion on faces.  Those were replaced  Internal plate ground wire was
> broken.  Timing is set at 4 degrees as per the book.  Vac advance is
> stroking like it should.  I didn’t expect those things to fix the problem
> and they did improve it while it was running but didn’t keep it from dying.
> I am convinced the problem is fuel but due to the non changes with
> different carbs I will now believe anything.  Quite a bit of backfiring
> indicates a going lean condition as the engine dies.  This afternoon ,
> grasping at straws, I changed the plugs which contributed nothing.   Come
> on guys, I need some answers.  I’m too damn old to be taking this kind of
> abuse.
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