Subject: MGB Electrical Problems (ooh boy!)
Author: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>
Date: 11/15/94 7:01 AM
>Well, I had an adventure or 6 this weekend... I had been working for
>weeks on the 73 B to get it ready for the first event in a series of 4
>(autocross).
>
>1) The mechanical advance froze up, causing nasty problems
>2) I thought it was the carbs, and got them all out of whack
>3) Found the distributor problem, and unfroze it.
>4) At that point, set the advance way too far ahead.
>5) Drove for 30 miles with constant pinging, in traffic, with the choke
> all the way out to get >some< performance
>6) Got to the track... retarded timing, returned carbs to baseline,
> replaced spark plugs, replaced coil. Things work!
>7) Drove to staging area, turned off engine, went to get helmet for "tune
> and test" practice Car won't start!!! Have to push it off into the
> grass...
>8) The next day... race day... have to use the Mazda (which means I
> have to use the Mazda for the other 3 events as well). Last place
> in class (of course). MG has no spark.
>9) Fellow club member with both multimeter AND brains traces down the
> problem... corroded connector on Pirhana module.
>10)Drive home 50 miles. Car runs better than has in weeks.
>11)Next day, alternator light comes on and stays on.
>
>Those who have read this far.... what up wid dat (11)? Have I fried the
>regulator? Do I have to replace the alternator to get a new regulator?
>
>John M. Trindle | jtrindle@tsquare.com | Tidewater Sports Car Club
>'73 MGB E Stock | '69 Spitfire E Stock | '88 RX-7 C Stock
>"1st Law of OleoHydroDynamics - Little British Cars Leak. - JMT"
Uh, so what was the unusual part?
Larry
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