Disco87 said:

Haha that was the case with my inner wings so had new ones welded in just a shame about the rest of the chassis lol

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DiscoPol said:

Sorry mate, didnt mean to come over as such an ar$e. if it starts with cables in place of earths it has to be an earth or two that have failed, remember they are quite simple beasts really so dont worry about making the old one good right now just bang a fresh one on somewhere that does the same job as the temp jump lead solution to keep you going then you can spend the time finding the shagged one and replacing it, more is better with earths

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Disco87 said:

And she lives!!!!! Just thought I'd let you all know as I was out this evening going round cleaning off all the earths I could find I eventually come across one that had basically rotten and broken off cleaned up and reattached and hey presto she starts. Thanks guys for all your help wouldn't have had a clue otherwise

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blue beasty said:

Normally an earth from the bell housing to chassis and another from chassis to battery.

Starter normally earth's through the engine block (to chassis to battery).

Chuck some jump leads in and the next time it does it connect a lead from battery -ve to engine block and if it fires up then earth's are the problem.

Either that or take them off, clean them up and put them back anyway

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