[Mgs] Advice please, bad miss

[Richard Lindsay]

Thanks for posting that, Simon! Read the stacks of workshop manuals and
they say, 'condensers almost never fail'. 'Almost' is a dangerous word and
it fogs our troubleshooting vision. But well done to you!

> What's that old saw? 90% of fuel problems are ignition problems.
>
> I swapped out the almost new condenser and the problem went away.
>
> Simon

And why after almost a year, am I writing this? Firstly, my MG TD
restoration awaits completion, but I uncovered it yesterday while cleaning
up the shop. Some of the old excitement returned. Secondly, my old '69
Silver Shadow is at a commercial shop getting new plugs, wires, cap, rotor,
coil, ballast, points, and condenser. And guess what; The 'almost new'
condenser had failed, leaving that honkin' big 6 liter V8 without enough
spark to start! Condensers DO fail, and when they do, diagnostics become
difficult because, "condensers almost never fail." Maybe the piles of
literature should read, "condensers almost never fail, except for the
poorly made replacements available in the 21st century."

-rick, with 6 Brirish cars, 3 Italian cars, 1 German, 1 Swedish, and 1
Japanese!
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