Gary,
Good thought but the 1600 is different. The temperature sending unit is
mounted in the head on a R16.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary McCormick <gkmcc@netgate.net>
To: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
Cc: roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: It's alive! alive!
>On the temp gauge problem - double check that you've got a good ground. I
>don't know if it's the same for the R16, but in the U20 the ground between
>the sending unit and the engine is supposed to be provided by a metal
staple
>embedded in the gasket - and it doesn't always work so well. I jumped
around
>the gasket interface with a length of wire (I think I read that in the
Rallye
>catalog... ) and it works just fine (at least it did the last time my
engione
>got warm - 'bout 11 years ago!).
>
>Gary McCormick
>San Jose, CA
>
>snyler wrote:
>
>> Whoopee! The old thing started today! Even tried using the clutch,
>> and boy does it feel better. It isn't ready to go though, the front carb
>> float-bowl valve doesn't seem to be working, there's a small puddle of
>> gas underneath the freshly rebuilt carb. This is a new needle and seat
>> too :^( I'll resurrect one of the old ones, it wasn't giving me any
>> problems as far as I know. The other problem is I get no temp reading. I
>> assume this is a bad sending unit, the gas guage is working. How hard is
>> it to change a sending unit (or get one for that matter) How hard are
>> they to remove, this one seems pretty lodged in there.
>>
>> Having a roadster for the TDROC Kerville meet looks possible now.
>>
>> Marc T.
>>
>>
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