Sounds Like coil, Coil operates gets hot circuit in coil opens due to heat
expansion.
I have had problems with electronic ignitons after they sat at the wreckers
or yards for a period of time. Carl E.
-----Original Message-----
From: xyzabcde@earthlink.net <xyzabcde@earthlink.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: New MGB GT Owner questions
>Mark Jones asked:
>
>> I bought a Teal Blue 1973 MGB GT a couple weeks ago and have already put
500
>> miles on it. It had been pretty much sitting for the past two years in a
>> garage with an occasional drive. It had 71,400 miles on it when I bought
>> it.
>
>> I do have a question that I am hoping someone can help my with. I was
>> driving home yesterday and the car just died. I tried starting it but no
>> fire. I could hear the fuel pump running, but no spark. I let it sit
for
>> about 20 minutes and tried again and it sprang to life. Is this a coil
>> problem?
>
>When coils have died in my cars, they die a slow, lingering death that
makes
>the car drive like a slug.
>
>However, this reminds me of a phenomenon I've experienced many times and
I'd
>like to know if anyone else has also. Whenever I buy a car that hasn't
been
>driven in over 1 year (up to 20 years), the coil dies 6 months after I
start
>driving the car.
>
>Has anyone else who buys abandoned cars (MG 1100's) noticed this? Is there
a
>rational explanation for this? Or is it the drugs?
>
>Denise Thorpe
>Just say maybe
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