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Re: MGB Alternator Problems.

To: David_Moore@kaoinfo.com
Subject: Re: MGB Alternator Problems.
From: bugide@juno.com (Larry Dickstein)
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:52:27 EDT
 
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997 08:01:38 -0400 David_Moore@kaoinfo.com (David Moore)
writes: 
>     However the car now has mutiple simptoms.
>     
>     1)  won't idle at all.
>     2)  Batteries won't hold a charge
>      
>     
>     If I leave it on the charger all night it doesn't get below 5 
>amps on 
>     the charger guage.
>     
>     By the end of the day I need a jump to get home!
>

        First, you need to make sure your battery terminals are clean and
secure.  If they are not, then no amount of charging will help.  If a
jump start gets the car running, then it probably is the battery.  Take
it to a reliable auto parts store.  Most will test them for free, on the
assumption that you will buy a new one from them.  I said "reliable" for
the above reason.  

Larry Dickstein
bugide@juno.com

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