> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of John Steczkowski
> Sent: May 20, 1998 7:24 PM
> To: MG Mailing List
> Subject: help......
>
>
> I was driving home from work today and my '75 MGB did something odd....
>
> I was driving up a steep hill in third gear at about 60mph, the car made
> kind of a pop noise (small backfire), felt like it lost power,
> but continued
> to run fine. I then noticed that none of the gauges worked (except speedo
> (no duh) and the oil pressure gauge (is it mechanical). Further
> investigation revealed that the turn signals don't work, nor do the
> windshield wipers. The headlights (and parking) lights work as well as the
> dome light. Lately I've noticed noise on the radio at higher RPM, so I was
> thinking of replacing the spark plug wires, but the car seems to run fine
> even at higher RPMs.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> ----
> John Steczkowski
> Director, Business Systems Solutions, Central & West
> PSW Technologies, Inc.
> 512-343-6666
> stecz@pswtech.com
> http://www.pswtech.com/~stecz
> http://www.pswtech.com
>
> it sounds like it lost power had a similar problem once check under the
dash for connections from the key to the plug on the wire harness mine was a
loose wire on the plug connection. it also may be somewhere else but the
loss of all gauges means loss of power and these are through the keyswitch
and molded plug
Allan Eldridge
70,72,79 roadsters
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