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Johns Web Site
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Date: 9-19-2015
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Number of Hours: 9.00
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Brief Description: Engine Assembly - Corvair College
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I attended Corvair College #34 this past week. Tuesday afternoon, I assembled the rings to the pistons, the piston assemblies to the connecting rods, and assembled the piston/rod assemblies into the cylinders. Two of the piston/rod/cylinder assemblies were mounted to the case, and the connecting rod caps torqued to the crankshaft before calling it a day.
When I arrived the following morning, William told me that he and Dan Weseman had discovered that the refurbished Corvair connecting rods that I received from William were honed over nominal size by about 0.001” by one of his suppliers. William said these rods were possibly OK, but that he was not satisfied with possibly OK. He did not have any replacements available, but Dan had sent along with William a few sets of SPA’s forged connecting rods. William made arrangements with Dan, and offered the forged rods to me as a replacement so I could continue with the assembly.
I must say that I was very impressed that he was willing to provide me with significantly upgraded connecting rods as a replacement for what I had paid for. It isn’t often that you run into companies with this kind of customer focus and integrity, but it is certainly great when it happens, and it is apparent in both FLY Corvair, and SPA.
So, given the fact that William wasn’t willing to let me fly behind a possibly compromised engine, and that the replacement parts he provided were significantly superior; I did not mind spending three or four hours partially disassembling what I had put together the previous day. It would be a stronger engine, well worth the small time loss. By the end of the day, all six cylinder/piston/rod assemblies were mounted, the base of the cylinders were sealed to the case, all of the rod caps torqued to specification, the engine rotated with the proper amount of resistance, and I went home a happy camper.
The refurbished cylinder heads should arrive in two to four weeks from SPA, and we can then button-up the engine.
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3.0 Liter Engine
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