<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Head? Coil? Now you’re grasping at straws. And carb doesn’t match the symptoms.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think Mike was right. Clean and tighten the battery connections. They are out of sight so are frequently neglected. Have you looked at them since you installed the battery?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 10, 2020, at 12:44 PM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Thanks. I don't think it's the battery. The battery is about two years old, and it's been plugged into a battery tender over the winter. I didn't have any trouble getting the starter to crank, and I was running the starter for a while without the battery appearing to run down.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">I'll have to test it by starting the car cold, driving it around my neighborhood for a while, then parking it back in my garage and trying to restart it after 20-30 minutes. If it won't start I can pull the plugs and take a look, and also test the battery to see if it wasn't holding the charge. I can also check compression at that point - maybe the head gets loose when it warms up?<br class=""></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">I also thought it might be the coil - I had read that sometimes after the coil gets warm it can cause intermittent problems. If that was the case I'd think the car wouldn't run after being push started, but I'm far from an expert. I was just guessing at the carb because I've never been good at tuning carbs, and it's the last thing I changed on the car.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">--Steve<br class=""></p><div class="moz-cite-prefix" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">On 3/10/2020 3:17 PM, Michael MacLean via Mgs wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:479758349.7372527.1583867851052@mail.yahoo.com" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="ydpf7b70219yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Check the battery connections, clean and replace.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Mike MacLean</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">69 MGB GT<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div id="yahoo_quoted_4146678925" class="yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);" class=""><div class="">On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 11:41:43 AM PDT, dave via Mgs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"><mgs@autox.team.net></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div id="yiv4099544913" class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv4099544913WordSection1"><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal">What is the voltage on the battery? See:</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/r/advice/car-maintenance/car-battery-voltage-range" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/r/advice/car-maintenance/car-battery-voltage-range</a></p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="yiv4099544913yqt8942878181" id="yiv4099544913yqt49081"><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal"><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mgs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><mgs-bounces@autox.team.net></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Max Heim via Mgs<br clear="none" class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, March 10, 2020 12:59 PM<br clear="none" class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MGs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><mgs@autox.team.net></a><br clear="none" class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Mgs] MGB not (re)starting</p></div></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal">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.</p><div class=""><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv4099544913yqt8942878181" id="yiv4099544913yqt99890"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">--</span></p></div><div class=""><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Max Heim</span></p></div><div class=""><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">'66 MGB</span></p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal">On Mar 10, 2020, at 10:46 AM, Steve Shoyer via Mgs <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</p></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal">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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p></div><div class=""><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=""><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal">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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p></div><div class=""><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=""><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal">Thanks.</p></div><div class=""><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=""><p class="yiv4099544913MsoNormal">--Steve (1980 MGB)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p></div></div><br class=""></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""><table style="border-top-width: 1px; 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