I'd remove the ground strap on the engine and clean everything up. When
reinstalling it I would check to be sure that it is not being insulated.
Feel the choke cable and see if it is getting hot this is a sure sign of a
bad ground.
...Art
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, PROBINSO wrote:
> Hello everyone, I'm new to the list, and hope I can tap into this vast
> expanse of knowledge.
>
> Here's the long, short story: I have a 1961 MGA 1600 that I've owned for 10
> years. the engine has maybe 6,000 miles on it since a full rebuild. Ive
> driven it from Lubbock to Dallas several times, and never had a problem.
>
> My problem is that since I put it up for storage at my mothers home 70 miles
> away, I rarely drive it. When I go to start it, it turns over very slowly,
> sometimes no more than 1 to 2 full revolutions. I have always pulled the
> plugs out, and spun the motor with the starter, until it shows oil pressure
> on the gauge, before replacing the plugs and trying to start it. When I
> replace the plugs, it truns over VERYslowly, as though the starter is
> straining to turn it. Sometimes the jumper cables get very hot, or the
> circuit breaker trips on my 200 amp booster. I have repalced the starter
> twice, with a "guaranteed" starter, but no luck.
>
> If you get two healthy individuals, you can push it to a good roll, pop the
> clutch in second, and it will buck once, this start like a champ!? I've
> been told that I may have a piec of crap starter, that the ground strap may
> not be good (checked that), or that my static timing may be too far
> advanced. ANY IDEAS?
>
> I love driving the car, and I know that I should drive it more, but its
> become such an ordeal that I dread even trying to get it started, much less
> count on it starting somewhere else down the road away from the house...
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Perry Robinson
> Ft. Worth, TX
>
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