Corvair Forum

Over the weekend, I was fortunate to pick up a pair of free power glide transmissions and an engine. I have not dropped the pans on the transmissions yet, but I do know that at least one of them still has fluid in it. Both of them were stored outside, and all of the non-aluminum metals are covered w...

I am not planning on pulling the heads of my engine, so It was easiest to do the entire block at once for me. My engine was leaking at the crank vent, the front seal, and the oil cooler. Between those three spots, my engine was pretty caked with gunk. I got about 90% of it off at the car wash.

New guy here from Tehachapi. If you read corvaircentral, then you already know of my adventures in my '61 Wagon. Right now the drive train is out of it, and I am trying to find the time to get it put back together. I am trying to fix some oil leaks, and replace the front pump drive washer in my tran...

I got your PM at corvair center, and I am interested in trying to make the 26 june event. I hope to have my wagon back together by then.

That website is not very useful, lots of broken links.
--C. Alan

Do yourself a favor, put the bell housing back on, and put the whole block assembly on an appliance dolly, get some engine degreaser, load it up, and take it down to your local coin operated car wash. What you can do in 10 minutes at a car wash will save you hours of scraping off the block. --C. Ala...