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1. Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: Simon Bosworth <simon@hpi50.dsddhc.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 10:31:30 -0500
I got stranded last night when my Lucas electricals and Germanic alternator, (Bosch off a VW), got into a fight. Actually what happened was the brown-yellow wire to the alternator broke at the crimp
/html/mgs/1998-05/msg01224.html (6,810 bytes)

2. Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: BobTorrens@aol.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 20:55:39 EST
I have a '78 MGB that refuses to stop - sometimes! The ignition key is removed and one of two things happens. Either the car continues to run or within 30 seconds after removing the key, the ignition
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00583.html (7,267 bytes)

3. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 22:16:17 -0600
Have your alternator checked. Leaking diode. -- Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?) "The biggest thing that happened to the six-cylinder engine in 20 years was the seven main-bearing c
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00589.html (7,662 bytes)

4. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: DANMAS@aol.com
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:55:46 EST
fan Bob, Just a guess, but has someone modified your car to add a manual override switch for the cooling fan? If so, that is most likely your problem. If that switch is not wired into the circuit pro
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00608.html (8,694 bytes)

5. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 13:06:55 -0500 (EST)
Bob when you say continues to run, do you mean it runs as if the ignition is still on? If so you need a diode spliced into one of the alternator wires. What is happening is the alternator is sending
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00622.html (7,968 bytes)

6. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: DANMAS@aol.com
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 16:06:05 EST
"I have a '78 MGB that refuses to stop - sometimes! The ignition key is removed and one of two things happens. Either the car continues to run or within 30 seconds after removing the key, the ignitio
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00645.html (9,462 bytes)

7. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 18:41:30 -0500 (EST)
I had the problem of my 77 not shutting off when the key was turned.I asked John Twist what the problem was when he was in Buffalo last summer and thats the explaination he gave me. I followed his ad
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00661.html (10,503 bytes)

8. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: DANMAS@aol.com
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 18:51:39 EST
Ah, yes, that I understand! That's the infamous brake circuit diode problem, which I understand (from John Twist) to be a problem only for the '77 model. I haven't looked into it enough to understand
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00663.html (8,451 bytes)

9. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: "Dan Ray" <danray@bluegrass.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:45:20 -0600
Maybe this will help... This is a quote from the Motorhead Catalog and "diagnostic source book": "Sometimes your late model MGB (B3, 75 on) has a weird starting problem related to the handbrake. When
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00669.html (10,785 bytes)

10. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 23:16:14 -0600
Hey, Dan, you're the eletrical wizard and you want me to describe were the smoke hides? Jeez, things are getting tough on this list. Can't we go back to beer, pistol ballistics, or BCH jokes? I've se
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00696.html (8,807 bytes)

11. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: DANMAS@aol.com
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 12:29:59 EST
Bob, Far be it for me to correct you! However............(you knew there was a however, didn't you?). Everything you said was correct, but, you left one thing out. You said "On the other hand, if som
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00721.html (10,652 bytes)

12. Re: Electrical woes (score: 1)
Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 16:22:56 EST
If any body figures this one out, please please post the answer. My 74 Midget would continue to run when the switch was turned off. I cleaned connections, checked wireing, ad nauseum. The only way I
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00746.html (11,051 bytes)


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