Corvair Forum

Thanks for the pic Al. It confirms mine is backwards. And Bob, thanks for the reply on having the parts. I just got an email from Steve saying he has the parts i need. I figured he would have said he had them when he pointed out i had the wrong ones. Lol. The guy just wont push parts on ya. Lol I wi...

I had taken my Vair to see Steve in Denver and he pointed out to me that my Alt. Fan was backwards meaning while its turning it could hook the belt. Also it has the wrong pulley. Dad and I havent had an issue with the belt coming off or getting Damage but having the proper items is always best. I ha...

I think id go with the arrows over anything else.

I like it. I too have the square pump and mounted on foam but it hangs down too far. I may have to look into this mounting. Thanks for the pictures.

I had a few minutes so I stuck my head up under the dash and found the breaker right where it should be. It also has larger yellow wires on it plus one other. Next step will be to get some time set aside to pull the instrument panel again and trace more wires. Im feeling much better about the rats n...

Thanks for the pics Beers. I guess thats how it should be. With your pics and the info i found last night i can try to put things right as it should be. Adding s Molex connector and grommet to go out of the car to the tunnel. Not likes its done now with lots of tape. I found more info on this in the...

Got the top up and got a look at the motor. It looks very clean. The two wires were extras. Something cut off. Guessing power and ground wires that once went to the battery. The two hydraulic rams i found leak where the rods comes out so another thing to put on the list. I still need to find where t...

Great! Thank you very much Frank for your help. I did find two wires that go in through the underneath side of the car shoved through a hole in a grommet. I know they're not factory wires but they would definitely go to the top motor because nothing else would be in that location. As you said ground...

So only 3 wires go to the top motor. Up down and power. Things were just so much easier back then. And i guess it gets ground through the body like a lot of parts on these cars? I was thinking on this last night when i should have been sleeping. At the switch there are 3 wires. If i find out what on...

Ok. That makes sense.
I did have to drill out The hole for the lever a bit but not enough that the APS noticed.
Thanks for that tidbit. I know it will work next time as it wasnt off by much.

IMG_20240517_184413041.jpg These two wires i need to find out where they go. Im guessing the red one is power and black is ground but i cant figure out how to get to where they go. You can see the two AC hoses i disconnected. This is behind the back seat. Im guessing one of the relays was for AC an...

Ive found many different year parts on this car. Dad had pieced it together like he wanted and some things were done not according to the manuals. He tried to install the factory underdash AC with putting the drier and condenser(???) in the trunk but just wasnt happy with its ability. So he took par...

Little update.. I ordered the 189 shoes from O'Reilly's and got them In two days. I found they came with primary and secondary shoes so no need to cut up the metallic braking material. But when I installed the shoes with my never turn/never resurfaced drums i couldnt get the drums on. It felt as if ...

Welcome Mark.
Have you decided on an Early model or Later model Convertible yet?

This is great information. I could not have asked for better info. I will be sure to print these pictures out and get busy with my brakes. Thank you all. A long time ago i did brakes all day long. Resurfacing rotors and drums. But i still have the eye for it as when i popped off the drums I noticed ...

Thanks Frank. I will take a look.