Edwin,
Thirty years ago I had an MGA that would mysteriously die for no apparent
reason at all. I would either leave the car or wait for 30-60 minutes and it
would start and run for days or even weeks without the problem reoccurring.
Thankfully, one day as I was driving along, the temp gauge went ballistic and I
pulled over and popped the hood. One of the heater hoses had burst. I later
deduced that the only time the car died was when the heater was on and the
heater hose had a small leak directly over the distributor. My habit has
always been to shut everything off in a car when it dies before I try to
restart, consequently shutting off the heater stopped the leak until the next
time I used the heater, resulting in a reoccurrence of the problem. Hope this
might be of help.
Bob Hacker
1975 MGB ("Red")
Edwin Vaughan wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> My '77B will not start. It turns over, has good compression, the fuel pump
> is pumpin', the carb is receiving the fuel, and my coil is receiving
> the 12 V from the battery, though I don't know if it is stepping it
> up or not. It wants to start, its trying. However, while checking the
> spark I noticed it was quite week. My trusty Haynes manual stated that a
> wet distributor could cause this. My heater-water valve does leak. Has
> anyone else had trouble starting their MG and find a leaky
> heater-water valve, which had soaked the distributor, to be the culprit?
>
> TIA
>
> Edwin
>
> "I try to think but nuthin' happens" http://www.auburn.edu/~vaughme
> -- Curly (the stooge)
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