Dan,
I've had this experience before.
I removed & wire-brushed the battery terminal connections to cure it.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Pruett <jpruett@tfb.com>
To: Don Collins <decolins@flash.net>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: British Car Week
>Hey Don,
>You're making me feel bad here. I just went outside and saw my poor 'B
>just sitting there looking neglected while my VW is practically smiling
>at me. The 'B just won't start. I have no clue why. When I turn the
>ignition on the pumps come on, all the electrics work, but as soon as I
>turn the key everything dies. The clock stops, the engine doesn't even
>turn. Nothing. I was thinking battery, but it can't be, that thing is
>only a few months old. I don't have the slightest clue...I wish these
>things came with Technical Manuals like my damn LAV's do...that way at
>least I could troubleshoot without having to be the greatest car
>mechanic ever (which I'm not, not even close).
>
>Daniel Pruett
>
>
>
>Don Collins wrote:
>>
>> Hey Dan here is one for you...... ran around all week in the MG due to
the
>> VW (95 Passat VR6) being broken. great time for it too w/ BCW.
>>
>> BTW, list, great run today with the Capital City Car Club downtown. nice
to
>> see some other LBCs out on the road for a change.....
>>
>> Don Collins
>> 70B
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>"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher
>regard those that think alike than those who think differently."
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