<VV> 1964 Corvair Monza 2-door coupe 95 hp automatic powerglide

Sat Oct 5 14:53:53 EDT 2019

Never saw that? Quite true though.

On 2019-10-05 19:48, Jim Becker wrote:
> Reread my first comment.
>
> How quickly a plugged vent causes a problem will probably vary with
> how full the gas tank is.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2019 1:31 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re:  1964 Corvair Monza 2-door coupe 95 hp automatic 
> powerglide
>
> It's actually only one problem - a blocked fuel vent. You could try
> strapping a gas can to the trunk with a syphon feed to the 
> carburettors
> - that eliminates the entire fuel system. Although I agree this 
> sounds
> more like coil or condenser, as I would expect it to run quite a
> distance with a blocked fuel vent before it started starving.
>
> On 2019-10-05 18:53, Jim Becker via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> Although it will not determine the exact problem, a simple fuel
>> pressure measurement while it is acting up will isolate the problem
>> down to a very small list of possibilities that includes both Bob's
>> collapsed fuel line and Hugo's tank vent problem.  Finding adequate
>> fuel pressure would eliminate both possibilities.
>>
>> (I'd still start with swapping out the coil and condenser.)
>>
>> Jim Becker
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Robert Marlow, Vairtec Corporation
>> via VirtualVairs
>> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2019 10:43 PM
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re:  1964 Corvair Monza 2-door coupe 95 hp automatic 
>> powerglide
>>
>> Mike, my Rampside suffered similarly a few years back and it was
>> hair-pulling trying to find the cause.  Finally, Larry Claypool
>> identifed it:  The rubber fuel hose connecting the tank to the steel
>> fuel line was collapsing internally.  When allowed to rest, it would
>> open up again and the truck would restart.  A new ethanol-resistant 
>> hose
>> fixed the problem.
>>
>> Now, I am not saying with certainty this this is what is happening 
>> to
>> your car, but it's worth checking out.
>>
>> --Bob
>>
>> On 10/4/2019 2:25 PM, Mike Dick via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>> I bought this car from a lady whose boyfriend tinkered with it but 
>>> it barely ran. I replaced the gas tank, put the two rebuilt carbs on, 
>>> new plugs, points, distributor cap and wires, rotor, and changed the 
>>> oil. I put some Union 76  fuel (91 octane) in it and she fired up and 
>>> sounded good. Put the timing light on it and set the timing. Took it 
>>> out for a spin and it sounded, and ran great....for about two miles. 
>>> The motor starting sputtering, like it was starving for fuel, it 
>>> backfired twice, and was cutting out real bad. I pulled over and 
>>> checked the motor. Everything looked good, nothing unusual. I let it 
>>> sit for about a half hour then restarted it and it fired right up and 
>>> sounded good. Drove off and was okay for about a mile then started 
>>> doing the same thing again. I got it home safely and parked it for a 
>>> couple hours. I restarted it and let it idle in my driveway for about 
>>> a half an hour and there was no issues with it. I'm reluctant to take 
>>> it back out for another drive until I c
>>>   an figure out what is going on with it. I'm not much of a 
>>> mechanic. I got this car because I'm a 62 year old guy that used to 
>>> have one of these when I was a kid. My 16 year old grandson lives 
>>> with me and he and I have been working on this thing together and I 
>>> want him to have it when we get done with it. Could the distributor 
>>> vacuum be causing this to happen? I didn't replace it but replaced 
>>> the hose to the right carb. Vapor lock? Trying to understand why the 
>>> sputtering and spitting only happens after the engine gets hot. Maybe 
>>> electrical and not fuel related? Looking for direction as to what I 
>>> need to look at. Maybe the coil? I sure would appreciate any help you 
>>> can offer. Thank you in advance. Mike Dick
>>>
>>>
>>
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