MG ownership is somewhat masochistic. You will put up with abuse from the vehicle over and over and over again. My MGB Roadster, or Tourer for you purists, is not a show or trailer queen. I actually take the damn thing out and drive it, though not as much as I would like. Nevertheless, it is perfect in its imperfections, if you get my drift.
I was out with a group yesterday when the car suddenly sputtered and died, no apparent reason. I thought immediately of the ancient SU fuel pump residing in the trunk. Every now and then you have to bang on it to get it to work properly. I thought of this first as, you guessed it, it has happened before. Also, one of the license plate bolts that I had recently slathered with RTV sealer to stop a trunk leak is also part of the rear wiring harness grounding strap. If this was loose the whole car dies. Neither was the case and just as mysteriously as the car had stopped it started again.
Off we went to our next stop were I noticed that the temperature gauge was rising unexpectedly. Pull into our stopping place, raise the bonnet/hood and noticed that the water control valve was leaking onto the distributor. I am unsure why the engineers at the MG works in Abingdon, UK thought it was a good idea to place hot water next to an electrical component, but they did and we now have to live in constant peril of water ruining a perfectly good distributor.
Because of driving in the rainstorm that caused this whole thing, I had opened the knob on the dash to get some warm air up to the windscreen/sheild to keep vision at a premium. What I didn't realize was that the water valve was faulty and leaking on the distributor causing spark to go away. Fortunately, turning the knob back to off sealed the valve and the leak. But it is another thing that will need fixed, again.
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