MGB quit. Bad gas?

In our cars, it’s ALWAYS the fuel pump.

Mr. needscoffee recommends:

  1. Take out the battery and have it load tested because it might be shorting out (though still have a surface charge).
  2. Pull the air filter and watch as the car warms up to see if the butterfly valve in the carburator closes. If it doesn’t then your choke is faulty.
  3. If it does close then maybe the float needle in the carburator is worn out.
  4. Pull the fuel line off the fuel pump and see if it fills up a cup in a certain amount of time as described by the manual.