Neil, Barny's post helped jog my memory. When Buick "owned" that engine they
put ground straps everywhere. There was a strap from
each head to the block and then a large one from the block to the frame. You
might want to check these out.
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Barney Gaylord
>Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:14 AM
>To: Neil Cotty
>Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Engine Dies - V8
>
>
>At 02:23 PM 1/2/2001 -0000, Neil Cotty wrote:
>>Made it back from England/Scotland with the new '74 BGT V8, ....
>
>Now there's a man of conviction. He said he would, and he did.
>Congratulations Neil.
>
>>.... the car started to splutter, then died. I couldn't get any power to
>the starter at all, ignition light on. .... died on me twice, started to
>misfire, then died, again no power to the starter. ....
>
>Intermitent engine ground can cause that. Starts fine once, and then gives
>problems when the gengine ground goes away.
>
>>....
>>.... drove her for three hours again, at night, and the same problem
>reoccured, misfiring, then cutting out but always crawling around town, no
>probs on the freeway. ....
>
>High resistance in the ignition circuit (which includes the engine ground)
>can cause bad spark and misfire.
>
>>.... I am wondering if it could be the coil (lucas sport) but it is
>staying bone cold.
>
>Coil going bad will cause the misfire and die symptoms when it gets hot,
>and may be good enough to start and ren pretty well after cooling off. But
>a bad coil has nothing to do with the starter not working.
>
>>.... I also considered the ground strap but the lights all work fine etc
>etc. Could it be that the ground is not good enough for the ignition but ok
>for the lights etc? ....
>
>Lighta are all grounded on the body, and body has the ground return
>connection at the battery. If all of that is okay the lights will work
>fine. At the same time, if there is a bad ground between the engine and
>the body, then the engine can have starting problems, andalso ignition
>problems, and the lights keep on working.
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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