Slow turn over TAKE 2!!

Whats the condition of the battery?

The battery was fully charged. Not really that old. But I put a brand new battery on there and had the same thing?

Seems there is a poor connection on main line from the batt to starter or on the earths,take plugs out and see if it spins with no compression.

Yeh spins fine with no plugs in, but as soon as there are back in it spins slow

if it spins fine with ur plugs out then ur engine is fine,unless ur compression is sky high,and your starter is just weak, 2.25 petrol's usaly start with nearly flat batteries,so that shuddnt be a probolem if its new,id find a second hand starter and try that!! and no offence but recond bits arent always that much cop!!

At the time couldn't find a second hand one at the time so took the orginal one out and got it repaired. Was fine but now fooked. Don't wanna spend small fortune on a second hand one and it be a duff one

Could you use the starting handle to start it? That way it might be easier to tell whats wrong (e.g. if it starts up you know the starter motors at fault, if it doesn't then its something else like the ignition)

Starting a landy with the handle is like castrating a camel with two bricks - it doesn't hurt as long as you keep your thumbs out of the way.....

Does it have a starter solenoid? these can sometimes get blackened and worn contacts, seen this cause the prob you describe on older vehicles.
Use a short heavy bit of cable and touch it across the starter terminal and the battery terminal on the solenoid to by pass the contacts, careful as the engine will spin without need for ignition key, if it spins well its the solenoid contacts.
If its the same its likely to be a **** starter motor.

I need to invest in a starter handle as I can only fine one half! And the ignition barrel needs replacing so for the mean time I've been using the solenoid to start it

Make sure your battery is fully charged, test with a meter 12.5 volts ok 11.7 totally flat. then volt drop your cables batt earth to engine and crank the engine, same on the live side batt live to starter terminal. if the meter reads more than 0.4 volts there is high resistance in your wiring earth or live, no volt drop but slow cranking indicates a poor starter.

If youre having to use the solenoid are you sure 12v are getting to the coil?

Only using solenoid as ignition barrel needs changing. Brand new coil so that will be fine

It could be power getting from your battery to the starter and you seem to be investigating this. However don't forget the return path. Try putting a jump lead from the engine to the negative on the battery. If the engine then spins quickly it's your earth lead that's at fault.