<VV> Kevin's Update, Hydraulic Question #2, Electrical Fire

[kevin nash]

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> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 21:49:40 -0800 (PST)
> From: Dale Smiley <dale_smiley at yahoo.com>
> Subject: <VV> Kevin's Update, Hydraulic Question #2, Electrical Fire?
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> Kevin thanks for letting me know you had posted your stuff on the Forum. Getting my new computer running I have not transferred all my stuff from the old one and this old mind had forgotten to look there for updated stuff! Nice job!!
> 
> I am thinking my 'next' (maybe my last?) Vair will be a LM so it may be a little different.
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> My hydraulic question is: Has anyone converted to an Hydraulic Clutch using a hydraulic clutch release bearing (throwout bearing)??? I have been looking at that as the "best" way to do this ("best" is in the mind of the beholder!).
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> The Acrid Smell (probably an electrical overload in some cable) caused by starting the car may indeed be caused by lack of proper grounding! I have found and fixed this for a couple of friends. The Negative cable from the Battery must be bolted tightly to the Engine Block! From this same point a "Ground Cable" (this can be insulated or just open-brad) must be bolted to the Car Frame. The Frame connection needs to be 'electrically clean' and tight. This cable needs to be the same size as the negative Battery cable (bigger is OK, smaller not so good). The "small" (they really are small) braided 'ground jumpers' that go along each side of the engine frame to the car frame cannot carry the current of the Starter Motor. 
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> I have seen some that were using the Clutch Cable as a "ground path" for the Starter which eventually burnt the cable in two. No starting and no clutch!!!
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> JMHO! Let us know what you find!
> 
> Dale Smiley
> Professional Broadcast Engineer
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> Old Corvair Nut!

Dale- Thanks!! I'm pretty happy with the way it has turned out so far, with the exception being the ugly bending job on the clutch pedal. I'm working on another clutch pedal that wont have any of the nasty bends in it that the one that's in now has. Also, as I've found out, if you want 
to do a hydraulic clutch conversion on a Corvair, picking a Late model to do it on is A REALLY GOOD MOVE!! much simpler!!
The reason's I didn't use a hydraulic throw out bearing is that they are a little more expensive than either a puller or a pusher type slave cylinder,
and, more importantly, the engine has to come out to install it. In my case, I don't have enough room in my garage to have the car solidly on jack
stands and have enough room to get the engine out, so that, for me,  was the real deal killer right there. I agree though, the hydraulic throw out bearing is a mechanically super clean install.
Kevin Nash