Battery newish and connections are tight. ( cranks well when not in her
comatose state)
I'll check the ground strap.
Robert
On 2013-07-28, at 7:08 PM, Rick Fisk <refisk@chartermi.net> wrote:
> Check the battery connections and most importantly the ground strap.
>
> Sent from my keyboard
>
> On Jul 28, 2013, at 6:46 PM, Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>
>> Miss Marple is mad at me. I replaced her fuel pump earlier this year and
then
>> ignored her. I fired her up today and she ran rough for a bit. Then she
>> loosened up and ran okay ... and then died. No electrical. I poked
around
>> for a while and found no conclusions jumping out at me. Then the radio
came
>> on. She started again and died 30 seconds later. Repeat. Repeat. Then,
my
>> wife came out and asked me what was going on. I explained about the ghost
in
>> the machine. Then I heard the radio hissing. Miss Marple started and I
said,
>> "wait 30 seconds". Of course; then she kept running. But, my time was
up.
>> Errands needed to be run.
>>
>> Any suggestions? I'm going to see if I have a spare fusebox. I kinda need
to
>> have her available tomorrow. My Subaru will be going in to the shop. I'm
a
>> fair weather cycler and it's supposed to rain.
>>
>> Robert
>> 1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( neglected project )
>> 1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
>> 1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen )
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