It is a 78 MGB with a Zenith carb. New plugs, plug wires, new
battery, lots of electrical faults. That is what is acts like, a
short in the system somewhere, except for the rough idle. May have
found part of the problem with the rough idle, the air filter is old,
I mean old and clogged. Pulled it out and the car idles much better,
going to have to get new one. Wonder how much the voltage regulator
has to do with this one problem.
THANKS!
MIKE R
----- Original Message -----
From: <Ajhsys@aol.com>
To: <mrazor@mis.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: MGB Runs/Does Not Run
> In a message dated 8/24/00 4:41:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mrazor@mis.net
> writes:
>
> << No warning, just quits. Try several times to
> start it and it won't start, push it to the side of the road, it
> starts and runs for a couple of seconds then dies, cuss the car,
try
> and start again starts and dies, cuss some more, try one more time
it
> catches and runs just fine. Drive it around does OK, but kind of
> ragged. >>
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> What car, what year? Sounds like a soft spring in the points, a bad
> condenser, or a bad ground wire in the dizzy.
>
> Could also be other stuff, but that's where I would start. Are you
sure the
> plug wires are all in tight?
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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