<VV> Another 140 question or 3

FrankDuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Mon Jan 13 23:11:08 EST 2020


All the ones I've seen were orange.

Both orange on the gear and a splotch of orange on the can (if rust 
hadn't worn it off....).

Frank DuVal

On 1/13/2020 9:07 AM, Harry Yarnell (Verizon) via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Purple
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
> Randy (Cap'n) Hook via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 7:36 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Another 140 question or 3
>
> Hi there,
> It's me again.  And no, you haven't been hacked.  I have another 140
> question or 3:  #1.  You say I can use primary carbs as secondaries.  Fair
> enough.  Does the year matter?  What about jet size?  And if I use '65 and
> up carbs, does the power enrichment circuit need to be disabled?  I have a
> decent set of '63 primaries I could possibly use.    #2.  I finally got said
> assembly out of the car last evening.  Upon checking the governer, I noticed
> it had a big splotch of orange paint on the end.  What color is a 140
> governer's paint spotch supposed to be?  I can't remember and couldn't find
> it mentioned anywhere in the tech guide or '65 shop manual.  I'm thinking
> it's supposed to be a purple paint splotch.  #3.  If it turns out to be a
> wrong governer, coupled with the wrong distributor, any advice on how to set
> this thing up for driveability? (NOT rippin' and tearin')  It also has a
> 3:55 non-posi diff.
> As always, thanks in advance for all your help and advice.
>
> Randy (Cap'n) Hook


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