This album has pictures of things that did not simply wear out or break, but had been "repaired", abused or neglected so poorly by other shops and owners that we ended up having to straighten out the mess. There's a few pics of non-Corvair issues too, showing poor repairs can happen on any make.
Date(s): January 5, 2007. Album by larry claypool. 25 - 48 of 86 Total. 7004 Visits.
25 All the piston pieces ened up in the pan, eventually tangling with the cam gear. The crank gear was also damaged, but that's ok because...
26 #4 bearing had seized and spun in the rod, ruining both the crankshaft and rod. Remember, all these things were wrong in the SAME engine!
27 Nice new clutch, eh? Too bad the disc was installed backwards. This 63 Spyder had numerous problems from poor workmanship.
28 Same guy who did the clutch must have done this brake line too. See the nice gentle bend over the clutch cable? Cable sawed right through the line.
29 On a test drive I noticed the horn did not work on this Corsa. Investigation found somebody painted the steering wheel- as well the horn contact area, effectively insulating it.
30 What's missing here? The shroud behind the oil cooler! Left off along with the perimeter seal and all it retainers on a 66 Monza.
31 Same Monza had a complaint of a gas leak after a new gas tank was installed the year before. We found radiator and heater hoses substituted for fuel rated hoses.
32 Besides the wrong hoses, we found the new tank still had the old sender in horribly corroded condition, causing incorrect gauge readings.
33 Another 63 Spyder had a nice new springs, shocks and brake hoses. Also notice the hose is dangling by the brake line...both clips missing.
34 Brake hose troubles continued up front where this was new hose was installed twisted so it rubbed the front suspension.
35 Troubles continued into the front brakes. At first glance, everything looks good here.
36 But looking at the other side we see all the long shoes were installed on 1 side of the car, and all the short ones on the other. Yes, it did pull!
37 I don't i believe i read in the shop manual where to change the gas tank filler hose you hack open the inner fender and cut the vent pipe, then splice in a piece of hose...
38 Look carefully at this clutch linkage. Cable is misadjusted so far the cross shaft is hitting the transmission bracket, and pull rod is on wrong side of bellcrank, causing it to rub the u- joint yoke.
39 Somebody snagged the carpet when drilling a hole for the seatbelts on this 66 Monza. But look at bolt they used- a 1/4" sheetmetal screw! (all 4 were like this).We refitted the belts in the proper location with the proper 7/16" bolts.
40 Another car with a twisted brake hose, rubbing it's way through on the suspension. Owner had 'just done' the brakes.
41 Sticky brake? 3 sets of return springs make me think so! The real problem was a bad brake hose on this 64 Spyder.
42 Special Exhaust hanger- plumber's tape with a brake shoe spring. Muffler cement at manifold tries to patch the leaks...typically poor installtion that came in a '67.
43 Same '67 must have needed a pull- somebody connected a chain to the steering relay rod and promptly put a bow in it, altering alignment.
44 The next 5 are from the same 64 Monza . See the bolt about halfway out that holds the tranmission bracket to the trans case? 2 more are loose and 1 is broken in the case.
45 Here's the right side engine perimeter seal, fully intact, but the retainer strip that holds it to the body is completely missing.Other side the same way.
46 See the squished motor mount? Somebody assembled it minus the inner spacer and plate. Of course, it ruined the mount.
47 Broken air control cable? Here's a fix i hadn't thought of-just stuff the heater box with newspaper.
48 Yet another car with brake hoses twisted in a pretzel. This happens when somebody tries to 'shortcut' wheel cylinder replacement.
