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Re: It's alive! alive!

To: Paul <9laser3@bright.net>, Gary McCormick <gkmcc@netgate.net>,
Subject: Re: It's alive! alive!
From: Adam Bradley <ambradley@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:00:00 -0800 (PST)
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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