[Mgs] MGB not (re)starting

[Michael MacLean]

 Check the battery connections, clean and replace.
Mike MacLean69 MGB GT

    On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 11:41:43 AM PDT, dave via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
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What is the voltage on the battery?  See:

  

https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/r/advice/car-maintenance/car-battery-voltage-range

  

  

From: Mgs <mgs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Max Heim via Mgs
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 12:59 PM
To: MGs <mgs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MGB not (re)starting

  

What makes you think it was carb related? The fact that you could push start it makes me think it was more likely battery or starter related. It being the end of winter, I suspect a flat battery.

  

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Max Heim

'66 MGB

  

  


On Mar 10, 2020, at 10:46 AM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:

  

It was in the 70's yesterday, so I took my 1980 MGB out for a ride.  My current carb is a Weber 38 DGES that I installed when I replaced the cam two years ago.  I drove around last year and it was running well, until one day when I stopped at a store for a few minutes and then couldn't get the car restarted.  After trying to get it going I wound up calling my daughter for help and we got it push-started.  Yesterday the same thing happened.  After the push start the car ran fine, but I just drove it home rather than risk another problem.  I was trying some starter fluid to get it going yesterday, but that didn't work.  I thought that maybe the gas in the tank is old, but the car started up after a little cranking when I originally left the house. 

  

Any suggestions on where to look?  I didn't plumb the coolant line through the manifold to heat it, but I don't drive too much in cold weather so I didn't think it would be needed.  I thought that the problem last summer could have been vapor lock, but starter fluid should have worked if that was the issue. 

  

Thanks. 

  

--Steve (1980 MGB) 

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