Well, there is no staple nor is there a gasket to install the staple in the
R-16 engine.
There are well known differences in engine layout.
Stan
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At 05:08 PM 11/2/01 -0800, Gary McCormick wrote:
>Well, it's not the location of the sending unit that's the problem, it's that
>staple deal.
>
>Gary McCormick
>
>Adam Bradley wrote:
>
>> Yup, who woulda thought, it's done right in the R16.
>>
>> --- Paul <9laser3@bright.net> wrote:
>> > 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.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> ==========================================================================
>> > >> Marc Tyler
>> > >> Designer,
>> > >> Animal Firm
>> > >> 830-324-6578
>> > >> www.animalfirm.com
>
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