starting help!!

discomark88 · Apr 21, 2012

i'm from land of disco so be gentle, this is for a friend. he's got a 90 with a disco 200 in n it won't start. can hear what sounds like a relay going mad when he turns key. doesnt sound lie flat batt, too much activity still. he put a brand new motor on yesterday. no movement when trying to start in gear. any other ideas chaps? this is important as he has my beer in the back lol!

ratty · Apr 22, 2012

discomark88 said:
i'm from land of disco so be gentle, this is for a friend. he's got a 90 with a disco 200 in n it won't start. can hear what sounds like a relay going mad when he turns key. doesnt sound lie flat batt, too much activity still. he put a brand new motor on yesterday. no movement when trying to start in gear. any other ideas chaps? this is important as he has my beer in the back lol!

First thing that I'd do is to put a multi-meter across the battery terminal to check for 12.5 volts+.

IGP50 · Apr 22, 2012

Absolutely - the number of times I`ve wasted hours thinking it can`t be the battery because (insert excuse here), it often is. Both my Defender and my previous LSE seem to have been unduly sensitive to under-performing (but by no means flat) batteries

discomark88 · Apr 22, 2012

Both true, snap on jump pack sorted it. I think the simplest of simple things get missed because they are too... simple...

ratty · Apr 22, 2012

discomark88 said:
Both true, snap on jump pack sorted it. I think the simplest of simple things get missed because they are too... simple...

The number of vehicles I go out to on the roadside and I almost have to argue with the customer to get em to allow me to put a meter across the battery or a set of leads on it.

Good to hear it's sorted.

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