<VV> Not Getting Stranded

[Jim Davis]

Been there done that in the 61 Rampside.   I couldn't get the engine to 
idle below 1,200 rpm but other than that is ran fine.  Quite a bit of 
spark scatter at low rpm but above 2,000 rpm everything was good.   I 
drove it like that for two months until after semester exams (I was a 
full time college student at LSUS).  I thought it might been a loose 
harmonic dampener.  I dropped the drive train to change the dampener and 
found it moved in and out about 1/2 inch easily. Removing the top cover 
reveled a broken crank between the #3 and #4 connecting rod journals.  
Fortunately, I was in my garage at home and had the Corsa for daily 
transportation while I gathered parts for a rebuild.
Jim Davis


On 11/3/2014 12:38 PM, Ed Lindsay via VirtualVairs wrote:
> A friend had a broken crank in his 63 coupe, it ran fine except for a strange knocking and a slight vibration. He drove it for several weeks like that... The way we found it was when we pulled the blower housing off to check the rod bearings trying to find the source of the knock. I was turning the crank with a wrench and noticed that the back half of the crank moved before the front half of the crank... It broke right in the middle and didn't affect any oil passages or bearing surfaces.
>   And I wouldn't put it past Smitty  to do something like what you describe, With Helen standing guard....
>
>                                             Ed Lindsay
>                                             West Florida Corvair Club
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Hinz via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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> I refuse to believe that anyone broke a crankshaft a hundred miles from the
> nearest habitation, parked on a dirt road, dropped the engine, split the
> block, installed a spare shaft which they just happened to have, reinstalled
> the engine without jacks, etc. and drove merrily off before breakfast.  No,
> there's too many bottles of Jack Daniels in that scenario.
> Ron
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