Subject: Re: SW VA Guzzi lunch
Author: ran-@alliancecom.net
Date: Mar 17, 2004, 12:09 PM
Post ID: 1716327071
Who needs a starter when you have other loopers around to push. That's
what friends are for..
I went 2 yrs and 3500 miles without a working starter and never tipped over
once when pushing it.
I still have many maps left, give me a yell.
Randy Wilson
SE SoDak
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lannis" <lan-@direcway.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:59 PM
Subject: RE: SW VA Guzzi lunch
Rob Prins wrote:
MY loop'll show up if I can get the ding-dang-razzlefrabbit thing to start. I sorted out the carb problem (misadjusted "choke" plungers), but now it won't turn over. It was doing that intermittently even before it was shipped to me; I assumed it was the 20-year-old battery causing it. Now it has a new red-hot battery, I've taken the solenoid apart (unsoldering the wires and all) and cleaned and buffed the big copper contacts. Tonight I'm going out and resolder the big positive battery lug and clean all the connections there. What it's doing is just giving me a "click" when I punch the starter button. The starter relay looks new (which doesn't mean it isn't the problem), but at least it's not some old corroded 30-year-old original. The relay gives a good solid click, but no action at all at the starter. I'm going to go out and resolder the positive lug, and then reinstall the battery and use a screwdriver to short across the solenoid and see how the starter spins; that ought to eliminate all the heavy connections. Back in a few minutes. Lannis |