<VV> 140 PG swap complete - PG fluid leak question

Sun Jun 8 03:25:04 EDT 2014

My 140 PG swap is complete (sort of) 

When I first pulled the torque converter out, there was no fluid loss, possibly because it sat so long?

The 140 ran pretty well after a bit of tweaking the fuel pump, among other things, but a bit of oil from the bellhousing.

After installing the engine to car with the PG, we had to pull it out again for a damaged rear main seal.

When we separated the bellhousing from the diff, the TC leaked trans fluid profusely.

Question : Is this because running the engine pumped the empty TC full and opening it up caused it all to spill out (i.e. ""normal")?

Or was something damaged causing it to rupture, or something like that?

Thanks for any insights ...

Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of yenko117--- via VirtualVairs
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 3:30 PM
To: Sethracer at aol.com
Cc: chaz at properproper.com; patiomatt at aol.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Driving John's Fitch Phoenix

Jack Dempsey replaced the rear end in the Phoenix just prior to the '91 convention at Hot Air Enterprises. Jack did indeed push it on his normal test drive back through the local golf course. He told me that it oversteered a bit, but handled well.

Mike
YS-117

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On Jun 7, 2014, at 1:13 AM, Sethracer--- via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> At the Washington Convention (1991), John Fitch was one of the honored 
> guests. The Phoenix was on display in the underground vendor area. As 
> the event wrapped up, someone needed to move the Phoenix out to the 
> waiting transport. I  offered to move it around to the loading dock. 
> Okay, is wasn't very far, but I  drove it a little bit. Much more 
> memorable was the dinner John and I enjoyed one  night at the 
> convention. I took John out to a local restaurant and he and I  
> (mostly he) talked for a couple of hours. That was where I learned 
> about his  Caribbean sailing adventures and his WWII service. A most 
> memorable  evening. I also accompanied him on the dinner cruise Thursday on the Potomac. A real gentleman.
> 
> Somewhere, I, too have a snapshot of me, sitting in the  Phoenix. - 
> Seth Emerson
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/6/2014 8:48:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
> virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:
> 
> I was  honored by John just to get this close back in the day !
> 
> 
> 
> What  could I get for pix of me driving Fitch's Phoenix at Lime  Rock?
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> Picture probably  deleted on VV version of this message but attached 
> as a URL below  ?
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> 
> And, OK, it was a while ago, but hey  ~
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> 
> Charlie
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> -----Original  Message-----
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> "Thanks to the concerted efforts of Wayne Carini  (Velocity’s “Chasing 
> Classic Cars”), journalist Don Klein, and the Fitch  Family, the late 
> John Fitch ’s pride and joy – the one and only Fitch Phoenix  -- went 
> to the Bonham’s auction at the Greenwich Concours Sunday, June  1.
> 
> 
> 
> Given appropriate display space just feet from the auction  stage, the 
> Phoenix was the center of attention. After bidders went back and  
> forth, at 2:42 p.m. the gavel came down on its sale to Mr. Charles 
> Mallory of  Greenwich, Conn.
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> 
> A collector with eclectic tastes, Mr. Mallory  was not there to simply 
> add to his stable: “This was by far my most emotional  purchase,” 
> Mallory said shortly afterward. “I loved John, I love Lime Rock, I  
> really feel the Phoenix belongs in Connecticut. I’m very happy for not 
> just  me, but everyone who understands what this is about.”
> 
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> 
> The  Phoenix went for $230,000 (137,278 British pounds, 168,665  Euros)."
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> 
> Look for a "Chasing Classic Cars" episode covering the  Phoenix and 
> the auction this fall on the Velocity  Channel
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> Matt Nall
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> Charleston,  Oregon
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