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1. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 09:34:29 -0500; On 12/30/98 6:15 PM so and so (Rick Brown) said. (And I quote:) Now, this AM (about 1:30) I took the daughter's boyfriend home. 14F The daughter wanted to go in the Midget. She sat in the middle, he; /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00008.html (8,557 bytes)
2. Re: Cold weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:08:25 -0500; On 1/1/99 7:34 AM so and so (Eric Erickson) said. (And I quote:) Everybody likes a little a@# but nobody likes a smart a@#. ;-) Larry Macy 78 Midget (runs at even 14F) Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bblma; /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00031.html (7,175 bytes)
3. Re: Cold weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 11:56:35 +0000; Eric '68MGB MkII PS In the 95 degree heat today I left the 'B parked topless for five minutes... jumped back in and ended up with a HOT a@#. (ouch)!; /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00055.html (6,842 bytes)
4. Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: "Dan Ray" <danray@bluegrass.net>; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:43:57 -0600; The Loctite teflon thread sealant seems to have done the trick on the brake line fittings! For the first time, the B failed to start. It's only 25 degrees outside, so rather than burn the starter out; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01569.html (8,200 bytes)
5. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Len Drake <drake@direct.ca>; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 09:42:40 -0800; Hi Dan - from the wilds of British Columbia, the procedure that was told to me many years ago and still seems to work is to pull out the choke to its fullest extent, engage the starter, and don't tou; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01571.html (8,381 bytes)
6. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:05:46 -0700 (MST); Don't start mine much in the cold, but for cars that have problems I have found that a bit of ether works wonders! Andrew Lundgren Lundgren@iname.com http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01573.html (9,103 bytes)
7. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Jack Severson <jesevers@students.wisc.edu>; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:17:22 -0600; Too much gas is the most common cold no-start cause, followed by no-choke, which causes too little gas. Does the choke work? Butterflies closed or enricher plunger up. 1) Don't touch the gas pedal. 2; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01575.html (9,460 bytes)
8. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Rene van Maanen <renevm@support.neth.hp.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:21:12 +0100; I had this problem last february, when it was 10 degrees below zero (C). I found out that the choke did not work well. I found it out by getting some help: while I pulled the choke lever (arm), my w; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01592.html (9,405 bytes)
9. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Todd Tweedy <lulusam2@sparc.isl.net>; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:11:08 -0600; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01593.html (7,198 bytes)
10. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: H4aardvrk@aol.com; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 16:15:00 EST; << How do all you Northern folks do it? I suppose a garage would help, hmm? What are the tricks for starting in cold weather? Or should I just be patient and wait until it gets above freezing? Dan >>; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01615.html (8,578 bytes)
11. RE: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:10:15 -0800; Large hammers, crowbars, foul language, flame wrench??????; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01616.html (8,286 bytes)
12. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:15:56 -0500; Well Dan this morning was about 29 degrees and my BGT started right up - she sits in an unheated barn overnight - however tonight when I got to the park and ride the temp had dropped to about 14 degr; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01629.html (8,832 bytes)
13. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Jack Severson <jesevers@students.wisc.edu>; Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:36:42 -0600; Hi Ray, Well, I'm not sure but I think you possibly might richen the mixture some as you open the throttle butterfly momentarily a bunch of times while the engine is turning over, and induce or worst; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01646.html (11,112 bytes)
14. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: REwald9535@aol.com; Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 02:17:53 EST; Actually some ECM's are smarter than a few people I've met. <G> One some fuel injected cars if you open the throttle during crank it causes the ECM to go to what is called clear flood mode, fuel pump; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01655.html (8,573 bytes)
15. Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D Arnold); Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:25:52 -0600; So long as we're on the subject of cold weather starting: It's -1 F with a windchill of -8 F in Southwest Iowa at this time (0800). I just went out and started Maggie the way I always start a vehicle; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01668.html (9,667 bytes)
16. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Jack Severson <jesevers@students.wisc.edu>; Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:58:08 -0600; I had a carbureted truck and have a fuel injected GEO now, that start best in cold weather with the following ritual: Set choke (truck only); crank engine just a couple turns; crank again causes ins; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01689.html (11,067 bytes)
17. Re: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: BONNILA@aol.com; Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:49:32 EST; A great way to ensure starting is to take the battery (or batteries as the case may be) out of the car at night, then put them back warm in the morning. It's also a good theft prevention technique. S; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01701.html (7,646 bytes)
18. RE: Cold Weather Starting (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:51:51 -0800; With an MGB or C it's also a good way to improve upper body strength.; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01702.html (8,026 bytes)
19. Re: Cold weather Starting (score: 1): Author: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 12:34:58 +0000; Brrrr, it got down to 70F last night, but my baby just fired up first crank :-) Eric '68MGB MkII Sunny South Australia; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01722.html (7,346 bytes)

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