Series 3 petrol starter motor not turning

This site contains affiliate links for which LandyZone may be compensated if you make a purchase.

phillipclarke29

New Member
Posts
9
Location
Gloucestershire
Just put a new battery in the old girl after a winter off and turned it on and - nothing! No starter motor churning etc... Checked the lights and they work and getting 12v at the battery. So I guess solenoid/starter motor - there seem to be four leads to the solenoid. One straight from the battery positive, two from the ignition and one from the solenoid going I guess to the starter. Anyway, there seem so be power to the solenoid, from the ignition to the solenoid (when key is turned) and from solenoid to starter (when key is turned) plus a v faint clicking.

So, where to I go from here? I guess it is the starter motor itself, is there anyway to double check this and anything (easy) I can try to get it to turn. Could it be that having not turn her over for a month the motor has seized up.
 
I had the same problem. Checked and redone all the earths. Hit the starter motor with wood, still wasnt doing nothing. In the end i took the starter motor off and got in reconditioned cost me £65. Check points, condenser + coil pack. mine was ok after i redone all that!
 
Last edited:
Back
Top