>Fellow fiends:
>I've never been stranded by
>this system but I don't suspect it is an endless supply of highly motivated
>electrons either--especially when what I want is to start a very cold engine
>on a very stiff morning. The system just doesn't seem to be up to the later
>single battery/alternator setups.
I'm puzzled by the lack of faith in the "MG's in Winter" queries.
Although I may be looking throught the rose coloured glasses of time, I ran
my MGA through 7 winters while at University. One winter without a rag
top. (I'll post the srory sometime) The car let me down only on the very
coldest days -40 (C or F, it doesn't matter). The rest of the time it was
just fine. In those days I ran with a "rebuilt" 12 Volt rattling around in
the trunk. Student funds being what they weren't :-), that was all I could
afford. I did however have a new starter motor and was always setting the
timing. (That may have been the only thing I had learned to do.)
I don't drive it in the winter any more, it's too pretty now, and I
can't get in the car in a full parka any more.
Mike MacLeod, Calgary, Alberta (where the beer and the antelope freeze)
'68 BSA Spitfire 60' MGA '63 Jag Mark 10
'83 BMW R100 RS
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