Subject: RE: SW VA Guzzi lunch
Author: Lannis
Date: Mar 16, 2004, 7:34 PM
Post ID: 1716320027
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 |
Well, I just moved the problem to another place. With new, clean
battery connections, the starter spins merrily if you "hotwire" it with
a screwdriver from the solenoid lug to the positive cable.
Now, when I push the starter button, the starter relay clicks and shows
blue sparks inside (it's some kind of aftermarket relay with a clear
plastic case) and the starter still doesn't turn. That doesn't sound
right. A starter relay ought to just close a contact and pass current,
not show blue sparks.
Guzziology shows all kinds of ways to defeat neutral cut-outs and things
on your starter relay, but as to replacement, mentions that "almost" any
sort of starter relay "ought" to work. Is there a well known cheap
easy-to-find-at-NAPA-or-AutoZone relay that everyone knows works OK for
an Eldorado?
Lannis