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Dead Battery

Michael Todd Thorpe — Posted on The MG Experience
Saturday September 29, 2007 4:49 PM

After a long period of neglect, I spent some time with Sweet B today. I got to work cleaning away all the junk that has accumulated around and on top of the car. I wiped all the cobwebs away. I removed the hardtop and put it aside. (I need to find a place to store that thing.) I attached the new ground cable to the battery box and cleaned the parts of the positive terminal with a wire wheel and a wire brush. All nice and clean. I installed the new battery, purchased well over a year ago, and tried to turn it over. Nothing. Dead battery. After a little research on the Net, I found that batteries will discharge just sitting on a concrete floor. I didn't know that! Now, time for a battery charger...

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More Electrical Fiddling

Michael Todd Thorpe — Posted on The MG Experience
Saturday October 27, 2007 9:19 PM

Spent some time today tracking down and sorting the ground on the fuel pump. Of course, it was a loose connection at the license plate holder. When reattached, key on, the pump ticked sweetly!

Last weekend, I bypassed the starter relay to the fuse block and found the starter works nicely. Is it the ignition key or is it just the relay? I'll order a new relay and replace. Also, found the plastic to be very brittle on the fuse block, bits broke of with no effort. Likewise with the wiring multi-connectors at the steering column... I think it wise to work through the car and replace the plastic bits along with the plan to replace all the rubber bits....

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2007-10-29 14:42:54 # 710

Comment by David Brown

It's always the ground....

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Finally Back To It

Michael Todd Thorpe — Posted on The MG Experience
Friday June 26, 2009 10:20 AM

After much neglect I'm finally back to the MG. Placed an order for a new fuel tank with Bob @ BritTek. The old tank had plenty of rust inside and out and I decided to just forgo the reseal in favor of a tank made from modern materials. The last few weekends I've spent some time tinkering on the car doing minor jobs, cleaning and that sort of thing, and gathering bits and bobs I need to get back to work.

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Battery Shutoff Switch

Michael Todd Thorpe — Posted on The MG Experience
Tuesday June 30, 2009 1:08 PM

This past Saturday I had a little bit of time to work on installing the battery shutoff switch. Drilled the holes, mounted the switch, was ready to run the cables and found I needed a shorter battery cable and larger bolts for the ground strap.

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Gas Tank

Michael Todd Thorpe — Posted on The MG Experience
Tuesday July 7, 2009 11:30 AM

The new Gas Tank Kit from Brit-Tek arrived yesterday. Looks good, includes all the mounting hardware as well as new sending unit. Will the weather be cool enough for me to install it this weekend? We'll see.

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Productive Weekend

Michael Todd Thorpe — Posted on The MG Experience
Monday July 13, 2009 11:40 AM

I got a lot done on saturday, namely installing the new tank from BritTek, replacing the rubber fuel lines and finishing the last bit of the wiring on the battery shutoff switch. I did find a cracked plastic where the fuel lines enter and leave the fuel pump, I suspect I'll need a new pump as that's not a replaceable bit of plastic. Also installed a new water pump (the whole thing that started this mess) and thermostat. Issue: the bracket where the smog pump tension arm attaches doesn't fit to where I seem to remember it mounting on the water pump. How am I going to fix this?

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