dear all: what a marvelous group! and a consensus on the topic as well!
so following the theory that it must be the cutout points stuck : today I
checked the points gap and connected the battery... points are wide open ,
not closed ,and the ign light is lit and the discharge on the ammeter is
pegged at 20 amps. and with the key switched on the ign light goes out.. the
ammeter is still pegged at 20 discharge and the fuel pump ticks.
I do not see any provision for points gap adjustment / armature to core gap,
other than perhaps by bending the little metal arm above the moving contact
armature. I have not done that. please advise.
when I forced the points closed there was no change in the situation.
I plan to remove the cutout from the firewall and check for loose
conections.
any more ideas?
thanks for helping, mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "ian thomson" <i.thomson@talk21.com>
To: "mark saperstein" <mmmouth@cox.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: strange things
> Hi Mick. Check whether your cutout is stuck.
>
> Ian Thomson.
>
> ----
> --- mark saperstein <mmmouth@cox.net> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: mark saperstein
> > To: mg-mmm list
> > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:45 PM
> > Subject: strange things
> >
> >
> >
> > the following message is being resent because of
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> > -----
> > Subject: strange things
> >
> >
> > dear listers:
> >
> > the F3 magna has been resting quietly for about 9
> > months so I thought it would
> > be a good idea to start her up and circulate some
> > oil.
> >
> > the battery is a 12 volt optima but was low on
> > charge. so I trickle charged
> > it overnite and it had plenty of juice today. it
> > spun the starter until oil
> > pressure showed good , flicked the ignition switch
> > to ON and she fired up
> > nicely. but the ammeter was struggling to come up
> > to zero even with good
> > revs. of the engine!
> >
> > then I noted (1)the ignition light was illuminated
> > with the key in the OFF
> > position . ???
> >
> > and (2) the ignition light goes off with the key in
> > the ON position. ( engine
> > not started ). ???
> >
> > (3) with all switches OFF and the key in the OFF
> > position the Ammeter is
> > pegged at 20 amps discharge !! ??
> >
> > I have a master disconnect on the battery so could
> > switch it on and off to
> > test the above situations.
> > I'm thinking it might be that the ignition switch
> > could have an intenal fault.
> > but how do you account for the massive discharge?
> > nothing seems to be
> > lighting up or smoking.. but I have been afraid to
> > leave the battery connected
> > for more than a few seconds .
> >
> > btw: all the lamps function normally except the
> > brake lights which I think is
> > the brakelight switch adjustment/activating
> > spring... will take a better look
> > at that tomorrow.
> >
> > in the meantime I would surely appreciate your
> > thoughts.
> >
> > best regards, mickey in phoenix
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