Yep! You are 100% right. My nonscientific findings agree also. There is a
small chance that the battery is simply lived it's useful life and just
died, but I agree with you. Probably connections corroded or loose. But
still should measure bat volts both charging and at rest.
14.5 or so charging and
12.7 or better at rest (overnight).
Kind regards James
Tim Economu
'69 BGT mona
-----Original Message-----
From: James H. Nazarian <microdoc@apk.net>
To: Tim Economu <economu@whidbey.com>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: The prince of battery darkness strikes again.......
>Tim,
>
>My MG experience dictates that 90-95% of all electrical problems in my cars
were
>related to bad ground connections, and occasionally a corroded connector.
It
>could be because my cars grew up in the rust belt, but it is common to see
a
>battery in an undercharged state come out of a car with a properly
functioning
>charging system. Put it on a charger to full charge, back in the car, and
it
>still doesn't work. Once that ground connection was made good, everything
>miraculously came back to life.
>
>Jim
>
>Tim Economu wrote:
>
>> Actually if the battery measures low voltage, cleaning grounds won't
help,
>> but measuring specific gravity and doing battery testing is a good idea.
>> Tim Economu
>> '69 BGT mona
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim <microdoc@apk.net>
>> To: Tim Economu <economu@whidbey.com>
>> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 9:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: The prince of battery darkness strikes again.......
>>
>> >Do change or at least clean the ground from battery to chassis. (cost $
>> 0.25 for
>> >some sand paper or $ 1 for a wire brush.)
>> >Do a battery load test. (see Haynes manual)
>> >Do check the specific gravity of each battery cell. (cost $1-5.00 for a
>> battery
>> >tester at Sears)
>> >
>> >Jim
>> >
>> >
>> >Tim Economu wrote:
>> >
>> >> Todd:
>> >> A fully charged 12V lead acid battery will read between 12.7 and
13.0VDC
>> >> depending on temperature. The hotter it is the lower the voltage of a
>> fully
>> >> charged battery. A fully charged 6V battery will 1/2 of this range. It
>> sound
>> >> like:
>> >> 1) you have 2 paralleled batteries and
>> >> 2) they are both dead.
>> >>
>> >> Try charging them overnight with a very good charger, and then test
your
>> >> car's charging system. At 2K rpms, your batteries should read over
14VDC.
>> >>
>> >> Hope that helps..
>> >> Tim Economu
>> >> '69BGT mona
>> >>
>> >> > Todd said
>> >> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 19:53:22 -0400
>> >> From: "Todd & Deb Tweedy" <lulusam2@sparc.isl.net>
>> >> Subject: The prince of darkness strikes again.......
>> >>
>> >> Well, Lucas the eternal prince of darkness has struck again.
>> >>
>> >> I can't get my MG to start. It will grown then click, click, click.
It
>> >> even wipes out the clock on my radio each time I try to turn it over.
I
>> >> have cleaned all the posts, replaced all the battery cable
connections,
>> >> tested both batteries (each read about 11.80). I am at a loss. Could
it
>> be
>> >> my connection to my starter? Help! I was so looking forward to
driving
>> it
>> >> to the meeting in MPLS for the NAMGBR.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Todd
>> >> 69' MGC "With factory No-Start option"
>> >
>
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