<VV> &lt;VV&gt; Rear engine mount

[Old Guy]

well...they DO fall out.....we were unloading 251 off the trailer and
whammo, down it came....the good news is I no longer have to disconnect the
wiring or ground straps nor the mufflers!  craig


On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Jim Davis via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Ah yes but what happens the late mount's curved arms
> to the engine mount fail.  We have had three such
> failures in the past nine years in UltraVans.. I be
> glad to send a picture of a failed mount on request.
> Jim Davis
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> From    : corvairduval--- via
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> Sent    : 7/25/2014 5:15:23 PM
> To      : virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Cc      :
> Subject : RE: Re: <VV> Rear engine mount
>
>  I have never seen a Corvair engine rear mount fail
> and drop the rear of the
> engine on the road. All of these have fail safe
> bolts/brackets,etc to keep
> the engine from falling out. The engine will droop
> with a failed mount, but
> you can still drive the car. Many are on the road
> this way!
>
> The earlies with the engine dragging the ground had
> the castle nut fall
> off. Or lates when a person replaced the locking nuts
> with regular nuts and
> they loosened and fell off. The mounts were still in
> the car, just the
> engine was no longer bolted to them.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> Original email:
> -----------------
>
>
>
>
> At my mecchanic's garage, he showed me another
> customer's vair with a
> unique mod to the rear engine mount. Looked like
> maybe he saw the same
> article I saw in a "way back" Communique, about a
> member's idea to keep the
> engine from falling on the road should the mount fail.
> How is the collective memory of this wise group? Any
> ideas?
> Ralph
> 69/140/4sp
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