Mike Robson wrote.....
>I had the same problem last week - and numerous denizens on the list
suggested possible causes - the concensus was >battery rather than
alternator
>- everything from bad connections to lack of electrolyte,
>One enormously pertinent observation was the lack of am ammeter in the car in
>favour of the red idiot light.....
>I had the battery tested (it was less than a year old)
>it was knackered!!!!
>My pal at the garage showed me an article about how modern batteries
decay rapidly durng extended periods of >inactivity (such as winter layup
or in my case a 7 week interior overhaul).
>Two folk on the list suggested ways to overcome this using trickle
chargers from Kmart - i carefully printed them in >order to pop out for
one and , of course, one of two things has happened.
>1) the dog has eaten it
>2) my 8 yr old used the back to draw a pig( her favourite study) or a
sun (rapidly ascending in poularity).......>
>whoever tod us - please repeat it for Mr. Cianciotti (and for me, the
pig and the sun....)
>thanks
>mike robson
>69 roadster (first step body prep this weekend!)
>72 roadster
>73 BGT
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I respond....
I've always thought that an ammeter in any car is a necessity. Can anyone
on the list explain how to fit one to an MGB, like what to connect the
wires to etc..?
Thanks in advance,
Garry Hill
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