[Mgs] batteries and starting

[Max Heim]

You at least want a holddown for when you roll over, so the battery doesn't
short out sending a shower of sparks over the fuel pump...

Does anyone recall seeing an Inspector Morse mystery, where some poor shmuck
is killed when his Iris Blue MGB roadster rolls over after its brake lines
have been cut? The entire accident seems pretty unlikely since it occurs on
a perfectly flat lane through a park, with wide grassy verges and only
scattered trees, where all he would have had to do was to let off the gas
and roll gently to a stop. Anyway, the car winds up on its side (also highly
unlikely), and there is a shot from the underneath side of the car looking
through the battery tray (apparently the lid has popped off, and the battery
was not secured) to the dead man sprawled in the grass (not wearing his seat
belt, either...tsk tsk).



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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
[battery holddown = bungie cord]


on 5/26/09 3:59 PM, Chad Cooper at mgb72 at airmail.net wrote:

> I can see where that would be a problem, just never had one move that much,
> and have been over several cattle guards at pretty high speeds (didn't see
> it coming) during rallies and didn't have a problem, that's about as rough
> as it gets..  I have returned such batteries, but it helps to go to the same
> place a lot and spend a lot and know the manager, but it has never gotten to
> him the high school kids don't seem to care about the company and their
> money...
> 
> Not saying your hold down well and anti-alter battery body approach is bad
> (quite good actually), just don't practice either myself and have been
> fine...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Paul Hunt
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:55 AM
> Cc: mgs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] batteries and starting
> 
> Unless they are held down they can bounce up and short out on the bottom of
> the cover panel, and the rattling around reduces their life anyway.  Some
> fit
> foam there as a quick bodge, but that can get damp and will
> trickle-discharge
> the batteries.  As for cutting up a battery and then trying to get a
> replacement under guarantee, you won't know till you try.  It never ceases
> to
> amaze me how mere employees of a company will gib and argue rather than
> giving
> you a top-up, replacement, or whatever depending on what you are complaining
> about as if the cost is coming out of their own pockets!
> 
> PaulH.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   Gravity holds the battery down just fine so no need to redo anything with
> the hold down