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hobbit:
Try a battery jump lead from the battery negative to a good clean bit if solid metal on the engine and try starting it that way

I take it if you boost from another vehicle it starts ok?

snezza69:

--- Quote from: "hobbit" ---I take it if you boost from another vehicle it starts ok?
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I thought that it worked but I occasionally had problems still.  It seems to be a very intermittent problem which is why I thought the problem was elsewhere.  Could it be a problem with the starter motor?

hobbit:
Have you battery load tested first, less hassle, it may be down a cell

Unless you have a load tester, and a hydrometer then you can do it yourself

If it comes back ok, make sure all the wiring to the starter is in good condition, clean and tight as already said, if the feed wire is in a bad condition it may well something to do with it. If you have a spare starter motor swap it.

If you can clip a jump lead from the Pos on the battery to the terminal on the starter all the bettera nd try that. I'm presuming that the start is a pre-engaged one

snezza69:
New battery, same problem as with the old one!

hobbit:
Sounds like leads or starter then. As the problem with earthing is always worth checking out, the thing with the positive lead is it can cause as much problems or more. If you can run a lead to the connection on the starter, when try to start it, at least it will tell you if the problem is in the wiring or starter

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