- 1. MGB Starter: Help! (score: 1)
- Author: "M.P. Trebelhorn" <mpt3265@osfmail.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 14:15:16 -0500 (EST)
- Okay, here's the situation: '70 MGB, intermittent starter failure. Twisting the key will always trip the relay, which will *not* always engage the solenoid. Three basic modes: 1 (95% of the time) Tur
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00072.html (7,680 bytes)
- 2. RE: MGB Starter: Help! (score: 1)
- Author: "RossOvercash" <jroverca@tiac.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 20:21:58 -0500
- I have had similar problems except never #3! I have narrowed it down to poor current flow through the relay. I have come to this conclusion because I can always jump the starter by using a remote sta
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00083.html (8,878 bytes)
- 3. Re: MGB Starter: Help! (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 18:21:57 EST
- At the risk of sounding like a broken record, check the ground on the I had a similar problem with the GT. Every time it failed to start (either from your #2 or #3), I'd take the starter off, bench t
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00086.html (8,561 bytes)
- 4. Re: MGB Starter: Help! (score: 1)
- Author: JustBrits <JustBrits@aol.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:03:21 EST
- << t the risk of sounding like a broken record, check the ground on the starter >> Rick, etal-- That is not a broken record!!!! Also, motor to body. Geeeeeeeeeez, how often does this subject have to
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00088.html (7,126 bytes)
- 5. Re: MGB Starter: Help! (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 19:17:29 +0000
- Consider wiring a voltmeter in semi-permanent connected to the tag that operates the solenoid and the body of the starter. That should tell you if the problem is internal to the starter/solenoid or e
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00109.html (8,612 bytes)
- 6. Re: MGB Starter: Help! (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 15:35:49 EST
- Usually no more than once or twice for each newbie owner
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00114.html (7,366 bytes)
- 7. Re: MGB Starter: Help! (score: 1)
- Author: Bert Palte <palte@rt.el.utwente.nl>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 98 23:09:27 +0200
- I had about the same symptoms with my 1970 B when I bought it in 1989. The cause: Incorrect assembly of the starter motor (Lucas M 418) by a DPO or DPM(echanic). There is an engaging lever that is a
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00119.html (7,608 bytes)
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