> the clock is running, but stops when I turn the key to the start position
This is a classic (Ho!) indication of a bad connection in the heavy current
circuit, or possibly the main brown feed that connects to the heavy current
cable. It can also be caused by a bad battery, but less likely if it went
immediately to this state from being able to crank the engine.
> nothing happened until I took the key OUT, at which point the starter
engaged
*Could* coincidentally be a bad ignition switch ("Don't assume that because
you have found one problem, you have found the only problem" - Nory), but
the late cars with brake-failure warning lights have a diode that, if it
goes short-circuit, causes the starter to crank if the handbrake is on even
though the key is in your hand (or a nearby canal).
> Amsterdam air is at a relatively constant 134% humidity (approximately),
> which obviously has a bad effect on the wiring.
Try driving alongside the canals instead of in them ;-)
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Vandivere <dersk@usa.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 11:09 AM
Subject: My B is cursed
> So, I got a tire slashed the weekend before having new tires put on, and
two
> of the new tires have gone flat (I'm beginning to suspect that Garage MG
in
> Amsterdam doesn't know how to mount tires correctly). But that's not the
> worst of it.
>
> Amsterdam air is at a relatively constant 134% humidity (approximately),
> which obviously has a bad effect on the wiring. But when I tried to start
> the 78B the other day, nothing happened until I took the key OUT, at which
> point the starter engaged. After getting out of the car and waving a dead
> chicken about, I replaced the key and was able to start the car just fine
> Now it won't start at all - the clock is running, but stops when I turn
the
> key to the start position. Nothing else, no solenoid click, no nothing.
> Other than check all the fuses, clean the fuse connections, I guess my
only
> recourse is to pull out a voltmeter and have at it. Oh, well, I wanted to
> learn on this car. It'd be nice if SOMETHING <expletive deleted> worked,
> though.
>
> - dersk, 78B
>
> And my bike got stolen yesterday - it's not been my weekend. Waah. Sorry
to
> vent...
>
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