Bob Gaughan wrote:
>
> Been driving the '61 MGA 1600 since March, no (electrical) problems
> until today. After driving a few miles, the car died. No juice. No
> fuel pump clicking, no gas guage reading. Turned key on and off a
> couple of times - nothing. Sat and thought, then turned key again and
> voila-started up. Parked in garage, and a couple of hours later, went
> in started up, backed out of garage, and it happened again. Same
> scenario. Got it back in the garage and left it.
>
> Where's a good place to start to trouble-shoot this electrical gremlin?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Gaughan
> '61 MGA 1600
Bob, whenever my car starts doing this, it's usually a bad battery to
ground connection. It's easy to test, just run a jumper cable from the
battery to the engine and see if everything works.
Ron
58 MGA
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