Stuck starter

Post by **Alec** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:37 pm

Hello Mikey,

true, but there seems little wrong with it anyway. A clean and re-assemble.

It still remains to be seen as to whether there is an earth problem rather than a starter one however.

Alec

Post by **Pascal** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:40 pm

Well, I've cleaned everything with petrol, lightly sanded the brushes and contact surface (btw I found it quite worn, 1mm gouge). Put back in the car and it started ok but with a slow crank. Then I stopped the engine and tried to start it again, but no luck.

I guess my battery may be dead. Last week I took it out and charged it. After the charge it showed 14v, but after leaving it alone 8 hours (not in the car) it was only showing 12v. What should be the standby voltage of the battery?

I'm going to recharge it again then get a new one. The one I have is a 265A/35Ah. Is that a good fit?

Regards

Post by **Pascal** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:19 pm

I've put the fully charged battery back into the car then the starter wouldn't turn. I turned the starter manually, tried again then it turned VERY slowly. The battery shows 13v. I think next step is to try to jump start it to check if it's really the battery.

Post by **alex_holden** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:32 pm

Try putting the jump leads directly to one of the starter motor bolts and the starter motor live terminal - that should rule out a problem with the earthing, solenoid etc.

Post by **Pascal** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:11 pm

Just tried that - nothing happens. It really must be the starter motor, as I just had the battery checked by Kwikfit and they said it's ok.