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Re: MGA Slow Death

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Subject: Re: MGA Slow Death
From: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 11 Jun 1997 10:54:39 -0500
In <339E17E8.36D0@kih.net>, Mike Razor wrote:
>My MGA dies a slow death.  I gave up trying to figure it out and took it
>to our local MG garage.  He replaced plugs, plug wires, points,
>condenser (sic),rotor button, dist cap and yet it still dies a slow
>death.  He thinks that the carbs are worn out.  I had them rebuilt about
>5 years ago.  It runs just great on the open road but get in to traffic
>and push in the clutch and it dies.
>
Before messing with the carbs, try replacing the coil.  It's fairly
cheap.  They can start out OK and then die when the engine heats up.
Been there, done that.

                        A. B. Bonds


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