Date sent: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 17:33:55 -0700
From: Engelhardt <engel@metro.net>
To: Wade Shanley <Wadesh@msn.com>
Copies to: mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: No start, Alternator?
Send reply to: Engelhardt <engel@metro.net>
Wade Shanley wrote:
>
> 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.
It's more than a little suspicious. You might check to see if the
installers removed, loosened, or cut your groundstrap. Also check the
wires to the battery for loose or poor connections that could have been
disturbed while the installers were futzing around under the car. Good
hunting,
Ron
58 MGA
I had a similar problem on my venerable Plymouth. It was towed away
when the alternator died, so I think it was PO'ed to begin with.
Anyway, The car wouldn't start without a jump, and when it shut down,
it would totally drain the battery. After another day, it wouldn't
even start with a jump. The problem turned out to be a bad ground to
the starter. Being unable to find the wire in a jumbled, homemade
wiring harness (gotta love the DPO!), we cut both ends of it and ran
a new wire. No _known_ problems with it since then.
~Mike
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