[Mgs] Electrical question

[Stephen West-Fisher]

If no blood was shed then that was the problem.
As a fellow Saab owner, I can assure you that a blood sacrifice is required
for ANY maintenance greater than an oil change.

Depending upon the engine (I am only familiar with the 2L Turbo in a 93)
there is almost no clearance for the starter wires so a short is
conceivable, although it is not the hot side of the engine. The alternator
is down there too, being at the "front" of the engine on the lower right
side with the starter  way, way up between the firewall and
engine/transmission. On some it's quite a trick to find a hole large enough
to drop the starter through.

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Stephen West-Fisher
N4IK

-----Original Message-----
From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Barrie Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:38 PM
To: mgb-v8 at autox.team.net; mgs at autox.team.net
Subject: [Mgs] Electrical question

Hello folks at world,

A sort of friend of mine found his battery was flat in his.......now 
wait for it......Saab!  But this is an electrical question not a 
Saab/MG/Brit car question.

He charged the battery and replaced with a resultant huge cloud of 
smoke and burning smell.  The lead between the alternator and chassis 
was toast (it may have been the starter - he is not too 
observant!).   Someone said it was because he reversed the polarity 
(hmmmm!) but the shop said the battery plates had collapsed and 
shorted out.   To me neither sounds right.  Anybody got an insightful 
suggestion