Ya know, sometimes I miss the old ways...

JimD54 said:
:lmao:
Heh... we could do this all day. I had an airplane manual tell me one time.... "Failure of this unit is not expected/anticipated. Therefor, no provisions for replacement have been provided." Errr... thanks mr. engineer....
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Or for anyone who has worked on Cat equipment one of the the last steps in diagnosing a problem with any electronic module:

The resistance is less than 5 ohms. The harness is not causing the problem. The main display module has failed.

Repair: It is unlikely that the main display module has failed. Exit this procedure and perform this procedure again.
 
JimD54 said:
I believe that's Murphy's #237.....
"Any fastener dropped inside an aircraft will automatically seek the most inaccessible point in the aircraft."
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That would go for a Cat transmission also. Had one in the shop almost finished and while installing the last few bits on the internal control valve someone dropped a small bolt. Clinky, clancky, clunk! Only good thing is the transmission was out of the machine and in shop with two overhead hoists. Boss gave use a strange look when he came in to see transmission upside down and two guys shaking the heck out of it. One of those lucky days when the bolt dropped out after a good shaking!
 
.....and the Lord saw that it was good....

I had the same ding-dang (clinky-clanky-clunk) thing happen when I was boy and re-built the engine of my first car (a 1965 Corsair Corsa - the cool 4-carb 140 HP version). After I had stopped weeping, three strong buds came over and we pulled the engine back out - and shook the beejeezus out of it and eventually, out popped the bolt.

Much celebration ensued. :rock:
 
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MaxPete said:
.....and the Lord saw that it was good....

I had the same ding-dang (clinky-clanky-clunk) thing happen when I was boy and re-built the engine of my first car (a 1965 Corsair Corsa - the cool 4-carb 140 HP version). After I had stopped weeping, three strong buds came over and we pulled the engine back out - and shook the beejeezus out of it and eventually, out popped the bolt.

Much celebration ensued. :rock:
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140 horse four carb! That was one of my favorite cars, well until the full sized Buick ran a stop sign as I was coming along at 35-40 mph! Mine was a 1966.

At one time I had four or was it five at the same time from a 1964 to a 1969 Corsa convetable. The `69 had dropped about half the exhaust valve seats before I bought it. Sold it with just a bare crankcase inside and the last I knew some guy had installed a rebuilt engine and was taking it to Covair car shows.
 
I learned to drive and took my first drivers test in Mom's 62 Corvair. I've had 3 of em.
Last one was a 65 that sat at the edge of a hay field for 5yrs. After about 6 months of drivin' past it to and from work, I finally worked up the guts to drive up to the house and inquire about it. 2 dogs were ready to eat me, so after a short wait, farmer (with shotgun in hand) walked out to the car. Ha said if I could get it runnin' I could have it... he just wanted it gone. Was back 30min. later with tools, fresh battery, ether and 5gal. of gas. 30min. later me and the dogs was havin' a grand old time playin' fetch and the Corvair was runnin. Drove it up to the barn to air up the tires and off I went.
I put about a hundred bucks into it and it was my daily driver for about 2yrs. I miss that car...
 
I drove a '68 Corvair in high school for a while. 110hp 2 carbs 2sp automatic. That ugly green car would fly down the highway! Too bad it was a "Flintstone car". Rusted out floorboards in a few places. I loved driving it.
 
I had two of them - a ‘65 Corsa coupe and a ‘66 Corsa convertible but it had a bad transaxle so I sold it.

The ‘65 was fast - I could drag just about anyhing with a four or a six and any large car with an 8 (typically some mouthy teeny-prick out with his dad’s Oldsmobuick). I actually made a fair bit of money with that car - poor man’s Porsche.
 
JimD54 said:
I learned to drive and took my first drivers test in Mom's 62 Corvair...
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Deja 'vu.

I learned to drive and took my first drivers test in Mom's 64 Corvair.

It was constantly breaking an extended aluminum pulley bracket, for the A/C.

Coupla years later I experienced the 'Ralph Nader', rear end wanted to pass the front end, and succeeded. Bent an axle. Still drivable, but rode like one of those goofy wobbly-wheeled contraptions from a Laurel and Hardy show...
 
Friend of mine built a Corvair rear-engined 327 V8.
Similar to this:

Corvair-V8.jpg

Used the front-wheel-drive transaxle unit from a Toronado, flipped around so the engine sat in front of it. He had planned to use a V8 Vega in SCCA competition, but changed his mind to this screamer. Massive radiator and gazillion louvers in the front to keep it cool...
 
Interesting factoid: IIRC, the Corvair engine rotated in the opposite direction from all other Général Motors engines.

Consequently, if a GM engine was used in the car and it was installed in the same “rear” position as the air cooled 2.7 litre flat six, the car would only have one forward gear and a bunch of reverse gears...BUT - if you switched the transaxle around to place the engine in the mid position, the direction of rotation worked out correctly.
 
Downeaster said:
BTW, if any of you guys have a ECU controlled bike and are thinking of having the ECU reprogrammed, I can HIGHLY recommend 2 Wheel Dynoworks in Kirkland, WA. I mailed the ECU out USPS Priority Monday the 12th, they got it Wednesday, flashed it and popped it back in the mail the same day and it should be back here either tomorrow or Saturday and back in the bike.

Hard to beat that kind of service.
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Just to add fuel to the fire, found another one with high reviews.

http://www.ivansperformanceproducts.com/
 

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