Another wire breakage event will be to have the wires supported properly
without mechanical stress. The wires at the starter and the alternator will
suffer mostly as the engine always will vibrate. Also the thick wires are
mounted there.
Look how flexible the ground strap is (MGB at the left front side of the
engine most times)
you'll never see wires break problems there.
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Renner" <crenner@dynalivery.com>
To: "'MG List'" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 7:11 PM
Subject: RE: MGB alt question
> > A suggestion on the big brown wire. When you get around to
> > making your
> > permanent fix do not solder this wire to the terminal
> > fitting. The wire
> > will have a tendancy to break where it makes the transition from being
> > soldered to non-soldered.
>
> _Not_ soldering a wire to a terminal is asking for a poor connection. I
> suspect that adding sufficient heat-shrink tubing would provide enough
> strain relief to prevent the breakage.
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