Glad you seem to have found the root of your battery problem. One
note on your starting procedure. If your engine has the original Z-S
carburetor, you're wasting your time pumping the gas pedal. The carb
has no accelerator pump, y'see.
Cheers,
CR
Aeseeyou@aol.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I have probably written to the list before about the TBS or Tired Battery
> Syndrome I've been suffering from lately. It has really perplexed and puzzled
>me.
> Until yesterday, when I think (or Hope) that I've finally found the source of
> my problem. Yesterday for the first time in a long time for some reason I
> didn't set the hand brake when I parked the car. And lo and behold,..today
>when I
> went to start the car it really started up like it had a fresh battery or a
> full charge. Before, if I wasn't careful the MGB's battery would run down if
> the car didn't start after the 2nd or 3rd try. So I had to be sure I did
> everything in proper sequence. Turn the key on, wait until the fuel pump had
>been on
> long enough for the fuel to reach the engine. Then I'd pump the gas pedal
> about 5 times as I turned the motor over.
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