Alan, start by cleaning the battery terminals. I recommend buying one of
those specialized battery wire brushes. One end is designed to clean the
post the other end is designed to clean the cable. They work great.
Larry Hoy, Denver, CO USA
1970 MGB Daily Driver ~ 1967 MGB Vintage Racer ~ 1969 MGB Undergoing V8
conversion
http://home.cwix.com/~larryhoy@cwix.com/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Alan Lott
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 3:42 PM
> To: Mg List (E-mail)
> Subject: FW: continued electrical woes
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>
>
> Ok, here I am stuck at school. My 71B has been doing the same thing for
> about 3 days now. It cranks perfectly (good strong battery) on
> one attempt,
> then will not crank at all on the next ... "click, click, click". Its been
> sitting since 7:30 am this morning, so its not necessarily after it heats
> up. I pulled the cover and checked the battery after a few "click, click,
> clicks" and in checking the terminals, the positive terminal was
> incredibly
> hot (temperature) after trying to crank the car. Does this mean a
> short? How
> can it be that it exhibits "dead battery" symptoms and then an hour later
> cranks like a new car? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> ~alan
> '71B
>
>
>
> Reply to:
> Alan Lott
> GTA, Auburn Univeristy
> Department of Rehabilitation and Special Education
>
> My Office- (334) 844-2092
> Department- (334) 844-5943
> Fax- (334) 844-2080
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