OT Car question

Wesley Stephens · Mar 4, 2009

My neighbor's Corvair is running hot. Anyone know of a cheap source for a water pump?

glennster · Mar 4, 2009

fan belt....its air cooled.

Wesley Stephens · Mar 4, 2009

I think I will. I posted this on another forum as a joke and got all kinds of responses.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 4, 2009

I'd try Autozone...................

hoof print · Mar 4, 2009

I have two, one I just rebuilt, one is a good used one. $200 for the good used, 300 for the rebuilt.

Don't listen to the guys that say you don't need one, the early corvairs used one water pump right in the middle, and from mid 63 up they used one water pump for each side. What year is the one you are working on?

Jiles · Mar 4, 2009

Got mine from Autozone. Be sure and tell them it is a V-6, turbocharged, and is a 1956 model.

ericlb · Mar 4, 2009

i havent heard that one in years, good joke, i once had a 63 corvair van[ the solid panel van, not the greenbriar], i had a kid at a gas station bent over that thing for 20 minutes looking for the upper radiator hose

Doug in Illinois · Mar 4, 2009

Tell them you need the radiator cap and muffler
bearing while you are it it. DOUG

Anonymous-0 · Mar 4, 2009

The one off an old VW bug or one from the air cooled V12 Continental in a M60A3 tank will work fine.

bradk · Mar 5, 2009

One from a Deutz-Allis 9150 will interchange.

Kentb of SWMO · Mar 5, 2009

Check fan belt and the bearing in the fan, Also Corvair engines have two thermostats that control air doors on the bottom of the engine on both cylinder banks. I had a guy, who was into air planes and Corvairs, claim the engine was made by Franklin. Also Franklin went broke in 1970 after Chevy stopped making the Corvair in 1969. He also said if you have a known Franklin Aircraft engine apart on the bench and a Corvair open on the bench at the same time they look a lot the same on the inside. He also said when Franklin went broke, new cylinder jugs disappeared for the Corvair.

Kent

Kelly C · Mar 5, 2009

Did you actually think a question like this would some how slip by all the old farts on this board?

I once heard that if you had a Harley motor cycle and needed a Valve lifter. You could swing by a junk yard and grab one out of a corvair.

Wish I had one of these cars.

Roy in georgia · Mar 5, 2009

I think steveormary would be able to help you with that not real sure but look them up on here and send an e-mail

DH in Carolina · Mar 5, 2009

Don't forget to remove the bolt that is inside of the pump housing. You can remove it after you remove the lower radiator hose. It takes a flex head torx wrench.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 5, 2009

I think the water pumps off a farmall cub will interchange with the corvair pumps. Dave F.

Nancy Howell · Mar 5, 2009

Corvairs were air cooled. My family had several while I was growing up.

Hoosier JD · Mar 5, 2009

Drive it backwards a half mile or so for every mile you go forward. This will let some air hit the engine directly as it is in the back.
Mike

barn E · Mar 5, 2009

Don't leave this hanging. Is it air or water cooled, please. All I remember is the crazy fan belt going around the corners. Dave

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