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Re: MGB WONT START !

To: Jeremy Anthony Kinsey <jer@mia.net>
Subject: Re: MGB WONT START !
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 13:48:31 -0400 (EDT)
Pull the spade connection off the starter and clean it. Because you have
power to the starter doesn't actually mean that the starter is getting
power.
...Art

On Sun, 9 May 1999, Jeremy Anthony Kinsey wrote:

> Ok, after 5 years we have our B just about there.. I cannot get the 
> engine to turn over.  It ran last about 4 years ago and only has 17k 
> miles after the rebuild.  I am wondering if half the junk that I took off 
> and have put back on (electrical system) has a fault some where?  I have 
> power on the starter (via my handy little test light) and when I turn the 
> key, I don't even here a click out of the starter.  Is there something I 
> am missing relavant to allowing this car to start?  I have it out of gear 
> and pushed in the clutch.. I am wondering if this problem is related to 
> the fact that in the early 70's a lot of cars had that "seat 
> belt/starter" thing???  If this is the case, is there a way to bypass 
> this?
> 
> Anyway, this is a 74 1/2 MGB.
> 
> thanx,
> 
> Regards,
> Jeremy Anthony Kinsey
> Systems Admin
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