Let me preface this by saying that I am somewhat of a newbie. I've had
problems like this before, but have never tried to tackle them myself. This
will be my 1st attempt to fix a no start problem on my own.
I recently took my 74 MGB into a local muffler shop to install my new
stainless steel exhaust system (which looks and sounds great). When I went to
pick it up, they said they had to jump my B to get it started. Sounds a
little suspicious considering it was fine when I brought it in, but who knows.
Once we jump it, it runs fine. But the second I shut it off, it goes
completely dead...no crank, no clicking, nothing. Could this just be a bad
alternator? I'm praying it's not a short because I'd have not clue where to
start.
I'm sure there are certain steps I should take to trouble shoot this, but I'm
unaware of what I should do and the tools I'll need. I have the dual 6volt
batteries setup and the batteries are brand new as of last Nov.
I have the Bentley and Haynes manual but neither have much detail when it
comes to troubleshooting a no start problem.
If anyone can give me advise on what things to check first and how to go about
it, I'd appreciate it.
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