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Am I being ripped off???

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thermidorthelobster:
Well, the exhaust was what you took it in there for, so I think that's fair game.  Earthing through the handbrake is totally plausible and you'd need a new handbrake cable to fix that.  In doing this you may have shorted the battery (hence needing a new one) but it may have survived.  You shouldn't need a new starter motor.

John T:
Think youself lucky it's not a TD5, I've just got a price for a handbrake cable for mine.... Over £90  :shock:

cotefarmboy:
All sorted now  :)

Didn't need a starter in the end thankfully. Turns out that there was no earth strap at all to the engine, lucky it didn't go up in smoke really. Starts now on the first flick of the key.

landandy:
I had same prob. Fixed it my self. Striped out all cent of disco down to gearbok all handbreak only to find i needed a 13 mm spanner for a earth which goes from chassie to engine. I am told its a comon prob. :(

hobbit:
This goes to show again, a bad starter can be as simple as a broken earth cable, if I have this problem alway the first thing I try is a jump cable straight to the engine from the battery

nine times out of ten it dont solve the problem

At least you got it sorted now

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