Geoffrey:
This sounds like a text book case of run-down battery. Check your battery
voltage. I will lay odds it is fully discharged. The car spluttering,
dying, then the starter not turning are pretty clear symptoms.
You may have bad battery connections, bad alternator, internally shorted
battery etc, etc.
If the battery tests out ok, then I'm off base and someone else may have a
better suggestion.
Kelvin
ps. Always include the year of your car.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey Gallaway [mailto:geoffeg@geoffeg.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 10:12 AM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: MGB died, starter wont turn
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> On the way back from lunch my MG B starting having a little
> trouble. The
> engine started "choking" (cutting out and then shortly coming
> back to life)
> until it finally died. When I tried to start it again the
> starter didn't
> turn. My coworker pushed it into a parking lot and I clutched
> it back to
> life for an instant until it died again, sputtering out just as it
> originally had. I checked the battery, coil and distributor
> connections
> before I had to get back to the office. So I'm wondering if
> anyone has any
> idea's of what to check before I go back out tonight after
> work and try to
> get it running again. It was running beautifully on the way
> into the office
> and on the way to lunch. What could cause such strange behaviour?
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