The November 2010 newsletter - Text Version Updated 29-May-2013 ==== Copyright (c) 2013 Corvairs of New Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOVEMBER 2010 / VOLUME 36 / NUMBER 11 / ISSUE #422 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, First Place, 2005 Tony Fiore Memorial Chapter Newsletter Award, Third Place, 2010 EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 3rd November 2010 at 7:00 PM Highland Senior Center at 131 Monroe NE THIS MONTH: Dues Due Membership Committee Obituaries: Robert Garrecht and Julia Vertrees Sunshine Committee "AIRTIME" President David Huntoon October Meeting Minutes Art Gold Christmas Items For Safe House Needed Christmas Committee Birthdays and Anniversaries Sunshine Committee October Board Meeting Minutes Art Gold Bingo Night Ray Trujillo Time to Park Ex-President Pat Hall A Case of Mistaken Identity Vickie Hall The Great 2010 Balloon Fiesta Car Show Jim & Heula Video Stills of Rescue of Chile Miners Jim Pittman Last Old Route 66 Clean-up for 2010 Ollie Scheflow Calendar of Coming Events Board of Directors How to Build an Engine Removal Cart Richard Finch, SAE Steering Adjustments Bob Hall - Group Corvair Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35 Years Ago Club Historian COVER: Waiting to Drive into the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, October 3rd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEETING: First Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM LOCATION: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE, Albuquerque, NM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Vice-Pres: Ray Trujillo 505-839-7436 ray @ bpsabq.com Secretary: Art Gold 505-620-7434 rollerart @ gmail.com Treasurer: Robert Gold 505-268-6878 beisbol30 @ msn.com Car Council: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Merchandise: Vickie Hall 505-865-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Membership: David Huntoon 505-281-9616 corvair66 @ aol.com Sunshine: Heula Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Newsletter: Jim Pittman 505-275-2195 jimp @ unm.edu Past Pres: Pat Hall 505-620-5574 patandvickiehall @ q.com Correspondent: Charles Vertrees 505-299-0744 vertrees @ swcp.com Membership: Sylvan Zuercher 505-299-7577 opal.zue @ gmail.com Emeritus: Wendell Walker 505-892-8471 defarge505 @ aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES: CNM: 12 months $25.00 -or- 26 months $ 50.00 CORSA: 12 months $45.00 -or- 26 months $ 90.00 CNM & CORSA: 12 months $70.00 -or- 26 months $140.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CORSA's home page: http://www.corvair.org Steve Gongora's page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DUES DUE DATES FOR NOVEMBER 2010 DUE LAST MONTH = INACTIVE 25-NOV-2010: 2010.10 Debra & Jon Anderson 1992.10 2010.10 Barbara & Gordon Johnson 2001.06 2010.10 Mary Lou & Mark Martinek 1990.08 2010.10 Sylvia & Ray Trujillo 2003.08 DUE THIS MONTH = INACTIVE 25-DEC-2010: 2010.11 Linda & Dick Cochran 2006.09 DUE NEXT MONTH = INACTIVE 25-JAN-2011: 2010.12 David Huntoon 1994.11 2010.12 Walter Huntoon 1992.11 2010.12 Roger Pape 2002.12 2010.12 Larry Yoffee 2009.12 ====== DUE JAN = INACTIVE 25-FEB-2011: 2011.01 Darlene & William Darcy 2009.01 2011.01 Wibke Garrecht 2005.09 2011.01 Carolyn & Dan Palmer 2006.01 == MEMBERSHIP EXPIRED = INACTIVE AS OF 25-SEP-2010: 2010.01 Kim & Del Patten 1980.07 2010.05 Jack Bryan 1982.02 2010.06 John Myers 2003.05 2010.08 Russ McDuffie 2008.08 2010.09 Kay & Tarmo Sutt 1976.07 Send your Dues to: Robert Gold CNM Treasurer, 1301 Valencia NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 Past due memberships will become inactive after a one-month grace period. The Club will mail in your National Dues when you renew, if you send us the renewal form from your CORSA Communique! CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~jimp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OBITUARIES Heula Pittman -- Sunshine Committee On Wednesday, September 29, 2010, Robert Garrecht died. Robert was a CNM member since September 2005. He usually attended our meetings and was especially interested in technical details on car restoration. We will miss Robert and we extend our condolences to his family and especially to his wife Wibke. On Saturday, October 16, 2010, Julia Vertrees died. Julia was the wife of Chuck Vertrees and they had been married 61 years. Chuck and Julia joined CNM in May, 1983. In her younger years, Julia was quite active in club events and always supported and worked right alongside Chuck in everything connected with our club. In recent years she attended most meetings and events. We will miss Julia's ever-smiling face. Our sympathy goes to Chuck and to his children and grandchildren. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "AIRTIME" David Huntoon For those not at the last meeting I would like to announce the results of our latest election. Actually not much changed. Ray is still the VP, Robert is the Treasurer and Art is the Secretary. The change is that I decided to run for Pres and it happened! Pat needed a break from his role as Pres for a year and VP for 2 years. I talked to Pat about it and he readily agreed! I know things will work out just fine as we have many good reliable people as the core of this club. Thinking ahead, our biggest responsibility for the next year is the TriState in Red River. Short notice and out of turn, but we need to do this to support our Colorado friends in their effort to have a great CORSA national convention in Denver 2011. I know we can do this but we will likely ask for more volunteers for the Red River event. So, the beat goes on. We have our events, a few people change their roles here and there, people volunteer and things get done. Thanks again for allowing me to lead this fine group. And thanks to Pat for his hard work these last few years. Any questions or suggestions, let me know. later, David Huntoon - corvair66@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OCTOBER MEETING MINUTES 10-06-2010 Art Gold Meeting came to order at 6:03 pm, with 23 in attendance. Officer Reports President - PAT HALL called for approval of last month's minutes. He also stated that at this meeting we will have the elections for the officers. Pat called for nominations to be given to V-P Ray Trujillo. Vice President - RAY TRUJILLO stated that he had 2 items: 1) the potluck and bingo party at HOUSE OF COVERS is on for 5:30 PM, Saturday November 6th, and 2) the 66 DINER is reserved for us tonight. Secretary - ART GOLD stated that he had submitted a logo design for the Tri-State. He remarked that traffic was especially bad tonight. Treasurer - ROBERT GOLD stated that the accounts possess: Cash $2,631.19; Ally $1,174.14 for a total of $3,805.33. Committee Reports Membership - DAVE HUNTOON & SYLVAN ZUERCHER stated that we have a guest and new member, DAVID FRANCO. David discussed his interest in the club, since he has a 1964 Coupe. He also became very interested in the club at the Los Lunas Swap Meet. The members of the club introduced themselves to David. Welcome David! NM Car Council - DAVE HUNTOON stated that the meeting was rather short, and stated that the Swap Meet was a success. The Council is then shut down for the holidays. Their meetings do resume in February. Editor - JIM PITTMAN stated that the newsletter articles are due by Friday the 22nd. Jim said they drove to the top of Sandia Crest yesterday and the fall colors were just coming in and were very pretty. He said that last Sunday they took their Corvair to the Balloon Fiesta Car Show, which was a very pleasant experience. He also thanked Robert Gold for organizing and reporting on the State Fair Show. Jim informed the club that WENDELL WALKER had been in an accident, and damaged his Cadillac. He was in the ER, then in UNM Hospital. Pat reported that Wendell was sent home today from the hospital. Sunshine - HEULA PITTMAN stated that CNM member ROBERT GARRECHT passed away on September 29th. Two others in our Corvair community are in ailing health: We learned that GAYLE FINCH is back home after being hospitalized for a heart attack, and we learned that BETTIE JO BENZEL of the Pikes Peak club had fallen and as a result was in a nursing home. Bettie Jo's late husband, BEN BENZEL, was a past winner of the Boydston Award. The club has sent out cards to their families. Merchandise - VICKIE HALL stated that she had club merchandise for sale, and she had made $5.00 since the last meeting. Red River Tri-State Chairperson - BRENDA STICKLER announced that the deadline for the competition to design a logo for the 2011 Red River Tri-State would be extended to the next meeting, November 3rd. The 50/50 drawing was conducted by LUBE LUBERT in the absence of Chuck Vertrees. To his surprise, the winner was none other than Lube Lubert! Upcoming Activities/Events October 10/06/2010 Election of Officers was held tonight. DAVE HUNTOON was elected president. The other three officers were elected to retain their respective positions. 10/09/2010 9:00 AM Old Route 66 Clean-up - Brunch afterwards at Golden Corral. Last one of the year. Ollie Scheflow. November 11/06/2010 5:30 PM Bingo and Potluck - House of Covers. Bring auction items if you have them. Organized by Ray Trujillo. 11/30/2010 Meissner Award - Deadline for recommending changes to rules to the Board. December 12/04/2010 5:30 PM Christmas Party at Roper's Restaurant - 8810 Central SE. Organized by RITA GONGORA. 12/15/2010 Meissner Award - Deadline for the board to decide on proposed changes to rules. Old Business or anything else The club recognized Jim Pittman for his 3rd place Newsletter award from CORSA. VICKIE HALL reported that membership drives at the Los Lunas Swap Meet and the State Fair were very successful, since all 25 packets available were handed out and two people expressed an interest in joining us.. RAY TRUJILLO gave a one-minute tech tip dealing with brake lights. The blinker switch must be in the neutral position or it will cancel out the brake light on the corresponding side. Having time for an additional minute, Ray reported that "fabric paint" saved him the cost of a new carpet. He took out the carpet, cleaned it and sprayed it with black Krylon fabric paint.He was very pleased with the result. Paint works! MEETING ADJOURNED at 6:55pm and many went to the 66 Diner. -- Art Gold reports ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHRISTMAS ITEMS FOR SAFE HOUSE NEEDED Christmas Committee Emma Rogers and Lee Reider are once again asking for donations for the Safe House, a place that houses men and women who have been abused. Anything will be accepted EXCEPT large stuffed toys and used toys! Books, games, school supplies, new toys, personal toiletries for all ages and clothing for men, women, children and babies are needed. Actually, just about anything one could imagine when thinking about people who have been displaced! These items can be taken to the Christmas party on December 4th. It will be at Roper's Restaurant, 8810 Central SE, at 5:30 PM. Lee and Emma will deliver them to the proper location. Thanks to all who helped last year. We look forward to having a good supply of items to share this year too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Five CNMers celebrate birthdays this month: Anne Wiker November 6 Jim Pittman November 13 Sylvan Zuercher November 16 Opal Zuercher November 22 John Wiker November 23 Our November Anniversary is: Brenda & Mike Stickler November 21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October Board Meeting 10-20-2010 Art Gold President - Dave Huntoon - called the meeting to order at 5:02pm. He said he was recovering from a 10-day bout with the flu - or a bad cold. Vice President - Ray Trujillo - gave details about arrangements for the potluck/bingo at the Gongoras' place of business HOUSE OF COVERS on Saturday 11-6-2010 starting at 5:30 PM. Secretary - Art Gold - stated that he had no report. Treasurer - Robert Gold - could not attend, but sent a report concerning our funds: Checking $2,632.00; Ally $1,174.14 for a total value of $3,806.14. Committee Reports Membership - Dave Huntoon & Sylvan Zuercher (Sylvan not present) - stated that they know of no new prospects at the moment. NM Car Council - Dave Huntoon - stated that the meeting reviewed the success of the Swap Meet. The Council has a meeting later this month, then will be out of session until February. Editor - Jim Pittman - stated that the president should confirm re-appointment of the board members. David said if all present agreed to remain on the board, then they were re-appointed. Jim stated that the newsletter deadline is on Friday, 10-22-2010. Jim discussed our club awards as follows: (1) The Boydston Award now belongs to those participating in the Tri-States and is the responsibility of the club putting on a Tri-State, so it is our responsibility for the 2011 Red River Tri-State; (2) The Meissner Award for the future is being evaluated and Sylvan Zuercher has agreed to call a committee meeting and report any recommendations to the board by the November board meeting, Nov 17; (3) John Wiker has made suggestions for a club participation award and he will present them to us today, and his suggested award could either replace, modify or be in addition to the Meissner Award. Sunshine - Heula Pittman - stated that Julia Vertrees had passed away, and the services are on Thursday October 21 at 3:00pm. She also stated that the majority of the Vertrees family is in town for the services. Heula suggested that we ask Robert Gold (Treasurer) to write a check for $25.00 as a donation to their church's Mission Fund in Julia Vertrees's name in lieu of flowers. The board decided that $25.00 will be donated, and Heula will contact Robert Gold. Merchandise - Vickie Hall - stated that she has nothing new to report. New Business 2011 Red River Tri-State - Brenda Stickler - stated that Rita Gongora will be in charge of the door prizes. Pat Hall is contacting Clark's Corvair Parts for donations. The logo contest will occur at the next regular meeting. Whether to get T-shirts is still up in the air. A decision still has to be made between a jacket patch, a dash logo, or both. Heula suggested that she would like to have someone volunteer to do a tech session. A volunteer is still needed for the hospitality room. John Wiker asked who is helping out with registration and it was asserted that registration will be computerized this year. Participation Award - John Wiker - suggested a point system (as opposed to the nomination system) for an annual club award. He wants to quantify the award, and show that the award should be earned by attendance at meetings (name tag, driving a Corvair), and participation in official, club sponsored events such as the Old Route 66 Cleanup, Tri-State, State Fair Car Show, TUNA sessions. Heula suggested that John should contact Sylvan ASAP to see about integrating John's ideas with the Meissner Award. Jim stated that historically the Meissner award was originally based on objective criteria but came to be based more on subjective judgements. He said that in recent years there have been few nomination forms submitted, indicating a lack of interest. He pointed out that the award originally was presented at the Christmas party but was changed to the Anniversary party in March. He said that an essential question is, what is the reason for the award in modern times? What purpose do we want the award to serve? John suggested that the award should coincide with the calendar year (Jan 1 - Dec 25) and we could have the award presented at the anniversary party. Meeting adjourned at 6:00pm Submitted by Art Gold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BINGO NIGHT Ray Trujillo Hello everyone and happy fall season to everybody! That's right, my favorite season of the year has arrived. With fall in the air that also means CNM holds its annual fundraising event. Over the years we've had many successful auction and potluck nights. As the years went on our donated auction items started to dwindle and we thought adding bingo to the mix would be worth a try. Members who've attended this event have had a great time so we'll continue with the bingo games and the always popular potluck. Also if you'd like to donate an item for the silent auction that would be fine also. So save Saturday November 6th at 5:30 pm to attend this always family fun event. As always, Steve and Rita have graciously offered to host this event at their House of Covers business located at 115 Richmond NE. As we did last year, we'll play several games of bingo, with cards costing $2 per game with half the proceeds to the winner and the other half going to CNM's bank account. So if you come please bring a dish for the potluck and several dollar bills for your bingo cards. I'm looking forward to seeing you there and hopefully you'll be lucky enough to yell bingo. -- Ray Trujillo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TIME TO PARK Pat Hall Well I've been driving a Corvair, via the newsletter, for the past year and now it's time to park it for awhile. I want everyone to know that it has been a pleasure to have served as CNM's President for the past year and Vice-President for two years prior to that. I am now going to relax for awhile although I will help CNM in other ways, as I am needed. The job now belongs to Dave Huntoon and I feel sure that he will keep our Club going strong. Thanks to everyone, especially my wife Vickie, for all the support that I received this past year. Pat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Y CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTIFA Vickie Hall A personals ad recently ran in a major city's newspaper. It read: Single female seeks male companionship. I'm a very good-looking girl who loves to play. I love long walks in the woods, riding in pickup trucks, hunting, camping, going on fishing trips and, in particular, cozy winter nights lying by the fire. Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand. I'll be at the front door each and every night when you get home from work, waiting only for you. Call and ask for Daisy. When more than 15,000 men picked up the phone, they found themselves talking to the local Humane Society about an 8 week-old black Labrador retriever dog. What's not to love, boys? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE GREAT 2010 BALLOON FIESTA CAR SHOW Jim & Heula Pittman This year we decided it was finally time to to participate in the car show at Balloon Fiesta Park. On Sunday October 3 we drove the 1965 Corvair north on Edith and joined a long line of "classic" cars near the Alameda overpass. We arrived early, about 7:10 AM, and soon the line of parked cars stretched out of sight in both directions! It was after 8:00 AM before the first cars started to move onto the field. We had plenty of time to look at what seemed like thousands of colorful ballons taking off and floating overhead and landing. It was a marvelous sight. It appeared that the "Albuquerque Box" winds were just about perfect. We enjoyed looking at the classic cars and talking with John Wiker, the McBreens, Geoff & Ann Johnson, Art Gold and Chuck & Julie Vertrees. Perfect weather. Next year you owe it to yourself to bring your classic car to the Balloon Fiesta! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We had been hearing about the 33 Chilean miners, trapped thousands of meters underground in a collapsed shaft, for over two months. Now the rescue attempt was about to be made. I found a live video feed on the internet and we watched as the miners were brought up, one at a time, to be greeted by their families, co-workers and the President of Chile. What an amazing achievement. The people of Chile are to be congratulated for a superbly successful effort. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OCTOBER OLD ROUTE 66 CLEANUP Ollie Scheflow The club held its fourth and final cleanup for the year on October 9th. We had a beautiful Fall day to finish up the year, to top off three earlier nice weather cleanups. We were lucky. The highway department had recently paved the berm up to the fence line on the south east one half of our mile and it was extremely clean. We had eleven participants which allowed us to finish in less than one hour. Robert remarked that we had more pickers today, so it would take less time. Jim remarked that, if we got more and more pickers, it would take less and less time. Robert agreed that this was so. Then Jim asked, how many pickers would we have to have to reduce the required time to zero? Robert wouldn't play that game and just said, Well, as the number of pickers approached infinity, the amount of time would approach zero - but it would never get there! I guess some of us needed to have a mathematics lesson at a Cleanup event. Who would have thought. Those participating were: Dave Franco (new member - Pat Hall's friend), Robert Gold, Pat Hall, David Huntoon, Lube Lubert, Dan Palmer, Jim Pittman, Bill Reider, Ollie Scheflow, Ray Trujillo and Larry Yoffee. Total workers in 2010 = 37 Total individual workers for 2010 = 19 Thanks for all the help from everybody, and I hope to see all of you in 2011. -- Ollie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================================================================ C O R V A I R S o f N E W M E X I C O C O M I N G E V E N T S ============================================================================ | November 2010 | December 2010 | January 2011 | | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 | | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | | 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | | 28 29 30 | 26 27 28 29 30 31 | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | | | | 30 31 | ============================================================================ Wed 3 Nov Deadline for submitting Logo design for Red River Tri-State. Wed 3 Nov 6:00 to 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 3 Nov After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 6 Nov 5:30 PM Potluck and Bingo at HOUSE OF COVERS - details elsewhere. Sat 13 Nov Second Saturdays: Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. 1:00 PM in Winter, 6:00 PM during Daylight Time. Wed 17 Nov 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE 19 Nov 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Tue 30 Nov MEISSNER AWARD: Deadline for recommending changes to rules. ============================================================================ Wed 1 Dec 6:00 to 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 1 Dec After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 4 Dec 5:30 PM Christmas Party - ROPER'S RESTAURANT - 8810 Central SE Sat 11 Dec Second Saturdays: Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. 1:00 PM in Winter, 6:00 PM during Daylight Time. Wed 15 Dec 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Wed 15 Dec MEISSNER AWARD: Deadline for the board to decide on changes to rules. Fri 24 Dec 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Fri 24 Dec MEISSNER AWARD: Nomination Form will be in the January newsletter. ============================================================================ Wed 5 Jan MEISSNER AWARD: Nomination Form is in the January newsletter. Wed 5 Jan 6:00 to 7:00 PM Meeting: Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe NE Wed 5 Jan After our meeting, we go to the 66 Diner, 1405 Central NE Sat 8 Jan Second Saturdays: Los Lunas "66 Cruise" starts in Bosque Farms at the Wells Fargo Bank. 1:00 PM in Winter, 6:00 PM during Daylight Time. Wed 19 Jan 5:00 PM Board Meeting: Business Printing Service - 4316 Silver SE Fri 21 Jan 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman ============================================================================ 2011: 3-4-5-June - Tri-State Event - Red River, NM - Corvairs of New Mexico ============================================================================ 2011: TUE-SAT 26-30 July -- Rocky Mountain CORSA - Denver - CORSA Convention ============================================================================ 2011: August -- All Car Clubs Picnic will be held at Nambe Falls again. ============================================================================ See the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Web Site for more "NMCCC" activities: ===================== http://www.nmisso.com/nmccc1.htm ===================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW TO BUILD AN ENGINE REMOVAL CART by Richard Finch, SAE About 48 years ago I had to remove the engine and transaxle from my then-nearly new 1960 Corvair 4-door because the flywheel had begun to rattle due to loose rivets. The Corvair was my only form of transportation, so I really needed to do the flywheel repair in one week end so I could have the car ready to drive to work at Vandenberg AFB on Monday morning. I built the first engine cart to the minor dimensions shown on page 150 in the book, "How to Keep Your Corvair Alive" which was 20" wide x 16" long and with a total height of 8-1/4" tall, using 3" tall rubber casters. The casters were American made and they have lasted quite well as you can see in the attached photo. I doubt that foreign made casters would have held up as well. I did not want to use steel casters because I have always painted the floor of my garages with white paint and steel casters would have caused the floor paint to chip. Since this first engine cart, I have built other carts that had different dimensions and have even built one larger cart that has larger plastic casters, but all in all, the best cart I have ever built was this very first one. The first engine cart has been used to remove and install many engines for myself, for family, and friends as well as for business-only people. I estimate that this very first cart has been used to pull at least 100 engines during its 48 year life. The thing that makes this cart so useful is that it can be built at home with only a skill saw and a power drill to drive the screws for the casters. It is also quite safe as I have never once had an engine fall off the cart. I have heard of several owners who have tried to remove engines by using a large hydraulic truck jack and they have dropped the whole engine and caused significant damage to the engine or to the differential when they dropped it. The engine in the attached photo is a 110 hp engine and Powerglide transaxle from my 1961 Rampside that was removed because the torque converter needed to be replaced due to worn-out ring gear teeth. This picture was taken just this year, 2010. "How to Keep your Corvair Alive" books are now only available from Clark's Corvair Parts, Inc. -- Richard Finch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STEERING ADJUSTMENTS Bob Hall - Group Corvair - Corvanatics Reprinted from 'VAIR-ATIONS NIAGARA FRONTIER CORVAIR CLUB VOLUME 38, NUMBER 7 Aug-Sept 2010 From HallGrenn at aol.com Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:59:06 Subject: ( VV ) Diagnosing/fixing loose steering on 1967 Monza -- adjustment In a message dated 8/21/2010 9:26:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Chaz at ProperProper.com writes: > I did notice wet oil on lower end of steering box shaft > though, which is not good, I'm thinking? The steering > arm from box looks wet, and has fresh oil on end of > its shaft. Thanks, Charlie Charlie, If the box hasn't been butchered by careless adjustment of just the top adjustment (under the plug in the trunk) then you should be able to improve it some at least by adjusting it as intended by the manual. Doing it is tedious, but necessary. "Correct adjustment of the steering gear is very important. Only two adjustments are possible but they must be made in the following manner, step by step, in the order given." -- Steering page 9-2 in the manual. There is a high spot on the groove of the worm shaft that is attached to the steering column. It is necessary because most wear is "on center" so you want as little play as possible when the steering wheel is centered on the highway. If you think the box is loose now "on center" just try it one turn in either direction. It is normal for a steering box to have much more play off dead center -- it is designed that way. You must adjust the shaft when the worm is centered so that the adjustment will be only in that high spot. Many boxes have been further damaged or ruined by having only the top adjustment tightened when the worm shaft was not centered -- so the adjustment is done to one side or the other of the high spot causing accelerated wear when the shaft passes this point and binds. You can feel this when passing the center point on some poorly adjusted boxes. Pull the steering arm (Pitman arm) from the box first, then using a large wrench (1-7/8" if I remember correctly) adjust the worm adjustment big nut on the front of the steering box under the car so you get the proper torque reading of 3.5 to 4.5 inch pounds of torque at the nut under the horn button on the steering wheel. If the steering worm doesn't turn smoothly and binds at times (the manual says "feels lumpy") then you probably have damaged bearings, a damaged Pitman shaft bushing or other damage and should rebuild or replace the box with a good one. Once this preload is correct then you can go to the lash adjuster accessible in the trunk. To adjust the lash through the trunk access hole the steering shaft (worm shaft), and not necessarily the steering wheel, must be centered. Many cars have tie rod adjustments that don't center the steering shaft and steering wheels are frequently pulled and reattached off center so you can't be sure the worm/steering shaft is centered unless you count the turns lock-to-lock and divide by one half to properly center the wheel (but remember the Pitman arm is not attached now and be very careful not to allow the steering wheel to bump to a stop when counting the turns or you can damage the worm ball bearing cages). There was a small notch or indentation on the head of the shaft, probably for use during assembly, to center the steering wheel, but usually a steering wheel puller has obliterated it sometime in the past. On badly worn boxes you may be able to feel the high point/center by adjusting the lash adjuster a bit tight and then by slowly turning the wheel to feel the center high spot bind you can be sure you've found it -- then back off the adjuster, center the shaft and do the final tightening. When properly adjusted the torque to turn the steering shaft (at the steering wheel nut) "should be between 8 and 10 inch pounds in excess of the worm bearing preload, but not more than a total of 14 inch pounds." After tightening the lock nut on the lash adjuster recheck the torque reading to be sure it hasn't changed. Section 9 of the Chassis Shop Manual has the complete details of course. Remount the Pitman arm, install the horn button and drive the car -- the steering box is now adjusted properly. If the steering wheel isn't centered and/or the car doesn't drive straight then it is time to have the tie rods adjusted to center the steering wheel. Don't let anyone tell you that you can center the steering by pulling the steering wheel and reattaching it again "centered" (as two Chevy dealer mechanics have told me) because it just ain't so. Hope you can resurrect your steering box. Bob Hall - Group Corvair - Corvanatics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YEARS AGO - JIM PITTMAN _07_ Nov 2003 - Vol 29 - Nr 11 Issue #338 The Concorde flew over our Library Van. Sylvan passed the torch to a new publisher, Heula, and he passed the torch to a new membership chair, David. We met in the parking lot of the Saturn dealership. Wendell reported $5,637.39. Mark Martinek received a certificate of appreciation for his work as Car Council representative. Robert Gold took over this job. Joel Nash had registration forms for the Fan Belt Toss. Election results: President, Mark Domzalski; VP Sally Johnson; Secretary, Chuck Vertrees; Treasurer, Wendell Walker. An Owl Cafe breakfast was coming up as was a pot luck at House of Covers. Rita reported plans for the Christmas dinner at Kirtland AFB. Geoff reported that the swap meet, held at Sandia Motor Sports, went well. There were complaints of it being "too far out of town" and having too few volunteers. Tech tips from Steve Goodman came from work on a Greenbrier. Someone had installed a second muffler with a bracket that made it impossible to remove the oil pan. This person also slopped too much silicon RTV on a new oil pan gasket. It took Steve an irritating afternoon to make things right. Mark Domzalski told us of his plans for the coming year. Del Patten reported on a purple Corsa trip to Provo, UT, Las Vegas, NV and Riverside, CA. Anne Mae Gold reported that "CNM Ladies" were still meeting and planning. Robert Gold reported on the State Fair, then gave us a terrific article on driving home from Bella Vista in a 1965 Corsa convertible -- with NO BRAKES. _14_ Nov 1996 - Vol 22 - Nr 11 Issue #254 Ouch! Is it possible to drive right past the end of NM 536 at the crest? A guest tried to sell a Corvair he inherited from his grandmother who only drove it to church on Sundays. Treasurer Will reported $1288 in the bank. Sylvan introduced new member Paul Campbell who bought a 1965 Monza and found a copy of "Care & Feeding" in the glove box. Bill reported on Car Council activities. The Old Town "Unfair" car show was successful. Bill provided some convention details. We had some 56 people who worked on the convention. All members who worked would have two years of dues paid for by the club. Bill said he and Debbie received many expressions of thanks from vendors and other clubs for the fine job we did. There was $15,583.40 in the convention account with all bills paid. We sent $7,831.36 to CORSA and $1,000 to the Corvair Preservation Society. We donated $250 to the San Diego club's "ResQ-921" project. We also donated $250 to the Michelle Goffe Foundation. Election results: Mark Domzalski, president; Jon Anderson, vice-president; Charles Vertrees, secretary; Will Davis, treasurer. Our "Convention How-to" packet was nearly ready to send to CORSA and the clubs working on the Lake Placid convention. Larry Blair announced a carburetor rebuild session at his garage, to be directed by carbmeister Sylvan. Rita previewed our Christmas party. Debbie said there were plenty of CNM cookbooks to use for Christmas presents. Mark told us of an upcoming "Ethnic Potluck" with German, Italian, Japanese, Cajun, Polish, English and Mexican dishes. Mark gave a how-to on winterizing a Rampside to keep cold air out. Mary Lou told about the adventure of having her convertible filmed by a Czeck crew for a Israeli television. Chuck told about the real-life history of the forward control locomotives used by the Southern Pacific railroad in the 1940s to climb the steep grades in the Sierra Nevada mountains. _21_ Nov 1989 - Vol 15 - Nr 11 Issue #170 A 1960 Corvair was the subject of a Road & Track road test. We had $678 in the bank. LeRoy reported on a successful swap meet. Bob McBreen and William Denison were new members. Evaluation of other club newsletters for newsletter exchange was ongoing. Francis told us that 25 Ultravans were at the Balloon Fiesta this year. We elected Dale Housley, Tom Martin, Brian Zolna and Charles Vertrees as our officers. Tom's monthly article, LA VENTANA, told about past president Bill Hector and his Corvair career. Bill's CARE & FEEDING column featured the new driving control computer in his 1967 sedan. Jim told about test driving the new 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata. Tech tips included a cylinder head temperature sensor adapter and what a voltmeter can tell you about your battery. _28_ Nov 1982 - Vol 8 - Nr 11 Issue #86 The cover paraded CORSA logos. Robin DeVore reportrd we had $355 in the bank and we had not heard from CORSA about our bid for a convention. There was an effort to get the legislature to approve a special license plate for old cars. We elected LeRoy Rogers, George Morin, Chuck Hollingsworth and Bill Hector as our officers. Our speaker was Mike Wiener who had a collection of old license plates. Tech tips included filling your new oil filter with oil before installing it, a discussion about oil additives, and Cal Clark's way to adjust valves. Jim provided a story about the club's recent trek to Trinity Site and his awe at standing on the site of the first nuclear demon. _35_ Nov 1975 - Vol 1 - Nr 10 Issue #10 Mark Morgan's cover drawing showed a "Cavalier" which was a Corsa modified for better handling and distinctive styling. How many were actually sold? Do any survive? At our last meeting we had 32 members and guests and membership stood at 52. We looked forward to being fully chartered as a CORSA chapter. New officers: Sylvan Zuercher, Joel Nash and Steve Gongora - Secretary-treasurer was one job back then. Editor Mark Morgan reviewed the new Chevrolet "Monza Spyder" and compared it to Corvair Monzas and Spyders. No, he didn't like it. Today's new members were Brian Ballou, Ralph DeBush, O.C. Love and Fletch Miller. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =END=