Corvair Forum

It is working :tu: Finaly, after checking all the wires, we switched 2 of the wires at the Generator. We made better ground And we bought a new Voltmeter to check what the volts are doing on the battery, the old voltmeter was not reliable we figured out. But with the new one, we hit good charging vo...

Last week we went to clubmember Jacko to check out the generator. Jacko took it apart and cheked oen by one the components inside. 875.jpg Working on Corvairs & Food! :tu: always a good combiantion! 876.jpg Testing the generator in the Corvair95 of Jacko (is it the Generator or the Voltregulator...

Thank you Sparrow, i keep working on it till it is finished! 873.jpg All cables in place for now, maybe one more in the future for a temp gauge Heater control unit, working, all the cables in place. Next step is connecting the heater blower motor. 874.jpg Next items, steeringwheel and glovebox *also...

Step by step the dashboard is getting done. Installed the heating system, glovebox and all the little parts get cleaned and put back together. Hopefully we can finish the glovebox and heating controls soon. IMG_20220422_154459883.jpg IMG_20220422_154507527.jpg 1 kopiëren.jpg 2 kopiëren.jpg Maybe the...

I had some help tuning the engine. The old ones have the most knowledge. IMG_20220423_135534531_HDR.jpg IMG_20220423_132832576_HDR.jpg IMG_20220423_143222315.jpg I got some electrical issue's currently working on that, and figuring out why my Gen/Fan light turn on and why it is not charging the batt...

:goodpost: :clap: :tu: ::-): It is really great to hear that your daughter's heart surgery went well. I know all too well the trauma of enduring the fears and anguish of a loved family member — especially a child — going through a serious medical condition like that. It must feel good to be able to...

So after december 18 my life changed due my daughters health, she got a open heart surgery but all is ok and she is doing great. Time to get back at the Lakewood :tu: More parts are ready for paint 863.jpg Origami for Experts: Glovebox 864.jpg 865.jpg Soon my order from Clarks arrived and hopefully ...

Thank you flat6_musik , it took a lot of work, cleaning, straighting it out and polishing. I must give the most credits to my friend he worked on it a lot

joelsplace : I will check if it got enough clearance, hopefully it have, because it is nice in the center

Took some time, but i'm back working on the Lakewood again, Rear hot air grill is place, the rear of the car is getting more and more complete 861.JPG Also the exhaust system is done, only need to fasten the "chrome" end pipe. 862.JPG A lot of other small things are done, but not interesti...

Nice bbodie !!

let me first finish the normal things and get it all working fine before some fun / cool upgrades!

Love the air hug idea

Thank you Wagon Master!

Here's one of the next little projects, we're still working on the steering wheel. Smooth everything out. filler - sanding, filler, sanding, primer, sanding more layers to go before final paint! I can say this steering wheel got a lot of edges, weird shapes!

:tu: Thank you BBody52 10+ years, and stil remember when I bought the Lakewood. The first drive. I had hair and was single, now a days I have a wife, kid and live in a house. I always work on my Lakewood in my free time. It is an important part of my life, but there are more important things, family...

Thank you for all the information. WE GOT WORKING LIGHT! Dashlight is working, and all the other light (highbeam, indicator) are working correct. we checked everything step by step, in the end with was probably a bad fuse (half working fuse). We blew it, put a new one in and everything is working fi...

We got it all working :tu: checked all the wires (made ground cable to check). We had 1 bad light bulb, one bad connector and a broken high beam foot knob. Easy fixes. Outside all lights are working now, turn signals, brakes. 855.jpg 856.jpg We only need to check, I have no dashlights, and only the ...

Got all the wires and connectors in place and place the gauges and dash back together 852.JPG 853.JPG Building up the front, at the moment I only have the drivers site blinker, what I do nothing else is working. I need to check where it goes wrong (maybe bad ground or something) Someone any idea ? 8...

Figuring out the spaghetti
Label everything for easy connection when the dash is going in