Corvair Forum

I'm still trying to figure out my motor, i had to replace two pistons and the heads because of dropped valve seats, i had the heads done at a machine shop so i know they are good, when i had the motor down i put in new rings and rod bearings i rebuilt the carbs at the same time, but i am having a pr...

thanks for this information i did this with a .002 feeler gauge but i only tightened 1/4 turn i will try the way you said to do it, if i do it this way do you think i will have to do a adjustment with the motor running?

thank's for all this information. i'll do the three thread adjustment and then start the motor and do a running adjustment , i just hope i haven't damaged anything by running it, i have been restoring this car for 4 summers and i sure would like to get it on the road

i need some advice i just put my motor back together, i had to replace two pistons because of dropped valve seats so i put new rings and rod bearings in it while it was apart and replaced the heads and had the heads and valves done at a machine shop, i cold lashed the valves according to the specs i...

i have to replace the cylinder studs and i want to clean up the threads in the engine case, can anybody tell me what the thread is, it looks like it is close to 3/8 24 but i'm not sure

Is there any other make of cars that their 13" wheel will fit my 65 Corvair, i need one for my spare tire. Are there any other make of cars that their 13" wheel will fit my 65 Corvair i need one for my spare tire

Thanks for the information , after this happened i took the heads to a machine shop and had them do the heads, i checked the piston and all.was good i' ll.make sure the push rods are seated in the lifters

I put my 140 motor back together with new lifters from Clarks, when i started the motor i ended up.with a bent push rod and tube, i cold adjusted the valves according to the specs in the book, has anybody else experienced a problem like this, i blamed it on a bad lifter and Clarks sent me another.li...

Thanks for all the information, i got all the studs out that i want to replace and didn't have any problems getting them out, this car came from Louisiana and i think it was used on the beach a lot, the body was really rusted out and i think that is what caused the stud corrosion i found a lot of wh...

It didn't strip out of the block it stripped at the head area

The studs were corroded on the ends about a 1/2 inch down on that.side i ran a die over the threads and used new nuts and had 25 lbs torque when the threads stripped because the way the other studs looked i didn't want to take a chance on the rest.of them, they looked iffy

I am putting my motor back together and one of the upper studs the threads stripped, so i am replacing all.the upper studs on that side, do i.need to put anything on the threads that go into the block?

The gasket thickness is the.same as it was before i tore it down i just moved the extra spacing to the heads instead of having it at the.cylinder base, i had to replace the heads because of dropped valve.seats, i originally used standard spacers but i couldn't turn the motor over because the valves ...

Thanks i found everything i needed in the Clarks catalog

Thanks for the information i only hope i can get the tube that goes into the block cover, i must have miss placed it i can't find it in my shop

In the corvair books and Clarks corvair they advise not to stack the base gaskets but if you need to do.spacing do it at.the heads, when i tore the motor down the spacing was under the cylinders and i was told that was the wrong way to do it and Clarks corvair says you can go up.to.two head gaskets ...