nathan5346
Well-Known Member
ello gav 
j the range
New Member
hay gav where you been hiding..
buckshot
Well-Known Member
****! No!! :d
j the range
New Member
door lock broken all over the place.lol oh yes and your bat if fuuuuuuuucked..lol
Irishrover
Well-Known Member
Hi Gav.
The battery voltage will give you a rough guide to it's condition. It could be your Starter Motor/Solenoid or maybe the starter relay is shot and can't handle the current to pull the solenoid in. Another area to look is the fuse box in the engine bay for signs of scorching around the relays and especially the maxi fuses.
The battery voltage will give you a rough guide to it's condition. It could be your Starter Motor/Solenoid or maybe the starter relay is shot and can't handle the current to pull the solenoid in. Another area to look is the fuse box in the engine bay for signs of scorching around the relays and especially the maxi fuses.
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
so you been in comunicado,whats it like there,plenty of night life,is it a beach type place or in the countryside???.
Datatek
Well-Known Member
So just the starter motor solenoid then? Or the relay that operates the solenoid??
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
hi gav,have you checked out the batt leads and earth connections,especially the leads on the starter motor.
Datatek
Well-Known Member
Just had the same on my tractor, turned out to be the relay that operates the starter solenoid. The symptoms were like a flat battery, starter struggled to turn. Tried a new battery, no change, had the starter motor off and took it to a specialist, tested OK. I was stumped, put new heavy duty cables from battery to starter, still no change. Eventually found and changed the starter relay and bingo off it went. I am at a total loss as to why the relay should have produced this effect, it's not logical
Derek Ward
Active Member
'Tis though. Bad contacts on the relay = voltage drop = low volts to the solenoid. This pulls in but only weakly and doesn't make sufficiently good contact which = voltage drop again and starter not performing. Old minis were brilliant when they had the starter solenoid on the floor and you pushed it in with your thumb. You could get the same effect if you didn't push down hard enough. Does that show my age....??
