[Spridgets] Dies

Robert Duquette RobertDuquette at Sympatico.ca
Sun Jul 28 17:43:15 MDT 2013


Battery newish and connections are tight.  ( cranks well when not in her
comatose state)

I'll check the ground strap.

Robert

On 2013-07-28, at 7:08 PM, Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:

> Check the battery connections and most importantly the ground strap.
>
> Sent from my keyboard
>
> On Jul 28, 2013, at 6:46 PM, Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette at Sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>
>> Miss Marple is mad at me.  I replaced her fuel pump earlier this year and
then
>> ignored her.  I fired her up today and she ran rough for a bit.  Then she
>> loosened up and ran okay ... and then died.  No electrical.  I poked
around
>> for a while and found no conclusions jumping out at me.  Then the radio
came
>> on.  She started again and died 30 seconds later. Repeat.  Repeat.  Then,
my
>> wife came out and asked me what was going on.  I explained about the ghost
in
>> the machine.  Then I heard the radio hissing.  Miss Marple started and I
said,
>> "wait 30 seconds".  Of course; then she kept running.  But, my time was
up.
>> Errands needed to be run.
>>
>> Any suggestions?  I'm going to see if I have a spare fusebox.  I kinda need
to
>> have her available tomorrow.  My Subaru will be going in to the shop.  I'm
a
>> fair weather cycler and it's supposed to rain.
>>
>> Robert
>> 1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( neglected project )
>> 1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
>> 1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen )
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