Recent content by markdfoster

Hi, I have just fitted a new ignition switch and I am now ll running ok, Just got to put back all of the aux battery and wiring. Thanks for all of your help, I was getting quite despondent. :)

Hi Kermit, yes definitely, I guess that the switch must have been beginning to behave wrongly the day I broke down but I ran strait down the more obvious rabbit holes. Well at least I have a spare starter and a spare battery to carry as spares next time I drive to Sweden, if I had noticed the...

Today I took the starter relay out and checked the top relay slot for 12v. its ok, I manually connected the top pin to the bottom pin and the car cranks, I put the relay back in, noo good Its a new relay, I tested it the switch operates and there is coninuity over it. S o I thought I would use...

I tested with a direct wire from the battery to activate the solenoid as per tottot's suggestion and starter is happily cranking the engine, Then I took off the Starter relay and put 12v from the battery onto the relay starter wire going to the solenoid. Again cranked the engine fine. I put...

Hi marjon, it is a brand new starter and solenoid, it is a powerlite one. It is behaving as the old one did when I broke down but on later testing on the bench the old one was ok. So I think that the solenoid should be ok they are UK made. It will be interesting to see how it works when I test...

Hi all thanks for your replies, the thing i'm pondering on now is, I turn the key to start when the car has rested, the solenoid and relays activate, the crank begins but not a full turn. I try again and the starting dashboard lights come on, the strter relay activates, the soleniod does not...

Hi Saxavordian. I do have an amp on distributor, I had just run out of LPG and was running on petrol. At the moment i Am not getting any cranking so issue is before the car gets a chance to fire up. As I said to miktdish above it has not run since I brokedown at the end of June in Denmark.Now it...

Hi tottot, Battery is new and terminals and connectors are clean, I have tried the direct connection with jump leads from the freshly recharged battery with jump leads and crossed my fingers but was the same. I looked at the solenoid input from the starter relay and the wire looked a bit thin...

Hi miktdish, The engine turned over when I connected a seperate battery directly to the starter, red jump lead on the +ve on the starter terminal and a -ve jump lead to the starter body, ignition on and then the red jump lead onto the battery and the engine turned over a few times and i...

Hi My V8 Defender stalled at the top of a motorway ramp, I had driven 600 miles with no issue. When I tried to restart it I got the one click ,tiny attempt to turn and then all stop. I looked behind, all clear, put the gear into reverse and coated, restarted and got to somewhere safe. Tried a...