> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 93 13:56:12 PST
> From: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
> To: srt@aero.org
> Subject: Re: MGB Electrical Problem
> Cc: british-cars@autox.team.net
>
> > From: Scott Turner <srt@sun-dimas.aero.org>
> >
> > Two questions: (1) is a 9mA leak worth worrying about?
>
>
> > (2) What do I do now to try to isolate the leak?
>
> Suspect in order: the alternator; the regulator; any horn/headlight/other
> relay; any small lamp in some obscure place (i.e. the glovebox).
>
> > The unfused components I know about are the starter and alternator.
Do MGs have clocks in them? My snake had a current drain of about this
magnitude that drove me nuts for months. Turned out to be the clock.
It was one of those old car clocks found on production Fords (and
probably GMs, Chrysler, AMCs, et cetera) in pre digital days. The
kind with the spring that was wound every so often by some sort of
solenoid gizmo or something. Anyway, mine had a short in it.
Roland
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