Matt,
On the starter problems, remove the starter solenoid from the top of the
starter and see if the slug of metal that is inside the coil slides
easily. I suspect that it is gummy. Clean it and lube it with a very small
bit of lithium grease. While the solenoid is off see if the bendix will
move back and forth. It is also possible that it is gummy. If that is the
case you will have to remove the starter and lube it up. Use a small
amount of wheel bearing grease.
That should take care of the starter
As for the temp gauge, it sounds like your sender is bad. I don't know if
the resistance curves of the r-20 and l-20 senders are similar or not.
Even if they are close at some point you should be able to use the l-20
sender with the roadster gauge, but the temp readings may be off. Almost
all of the roadster gauges read off anyway, so all you need to do is
figure out what the gauge reads when the engine is not running hot and go
with that.
Peace,
Pat
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, matthew peterson wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I'm trying to get my roadster out on the road this summer for the first time
>in about three years and am running into a few problems.
> First is my starter doesn't want to engage the flywheel and turn over the
>engine. I turn the key and it just whirrrs. After a few times I can hear it
>start to grind into the flywheel gear and then it finally will engage but this
>is after I have turned the key 4-5 times. It's almost like something's stuck
>in the starter.
> The second is about the temp sender unit. I have an L20b engine installed
>and the sender in the engine won't make the gauge do anything. If I ground
>out the wire going to the sender, the gauge will top out so it must be
>something with the sender. I performed a resistance test to both the L20b and
>R16 senders. The R16 sender seemed to work but the L20b's reading just kept
>jumping around. I'm assuming that the L20b's sender is bad but I'm wondering
>if it will run the gauge correctly if I replace it with a working one. Or
>would I need to make the R16's sender fit. They seem to be different threads.
> If anyone has any insight into either of these I would really appreciate any
>enlightenment you could give me.
>
> Thanks much,
> Matt Peterson
> '68 1600 (w/L20b engine)
> Winona, MN
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