[Mgs] MGA sputtering engine and bad replacement parts

[Simon Matthews]

Robert,

I have suggested on s3veral occasions on this mailing list that
condensers should not be replaced unless they have failed. There is
plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that condensers have a high
early failure rate, but  those that survive early failure will last
for a long time (many decades).

Hence, by routinely replacing condensers, you are much more likely to
have a condenser fail, because you risk the early failure of your
newly replaced condenser.

Simon

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Robert J. Guinness
<guinness at stclegal.com> wrote:
> I want to thank all those who offered advice on diagnosing my MGA's
> sputtering and dieing engine.  The culprit was a bad condenser (which I
> replaced less than a year ago).  Are our parts sources becoming unreliable?
>  I had to replace the points I installed at the same time.  Have others
> experienced bad mechanical replacement parts lately (as opposed to body,
> rubber, interior, etc.), or is it just me?  Or did the bad new condenser
> cause problems with the points?
> --
> Robert Guinness
>
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