Is your vehicle manual or automatic? if it's an auto, check if your reverse light is working.
Printable View
Is your vehicle manual or automatic? if it's an auto, check if your reverse light is working.
Sorry guys 4.2 diesel 2004 manual, I have the rac coming out to look I can't find anything but I can hear a spark earthing so I think that is the problem
Ok the starter is farouted :( so its off to the auto sparky monday
Just bad timing :/ things break when you touch the car totally unrelated to the work you
Do and at no fault of your own and you pull your hair out trying to workout what you did lol
Chin up mate its only a starter. Annoying yes but it could have been a very exspencive electrical trouble shooting experience.
Couldve tried searching the net under either
-crank no start condition
Or
-no crank no start condition
I wouldve checked the man at ericthecarguy.com hes got some very handy videos.
did you find what caused the earthingQuote:
Originally Posted by Stropp
The rac bloke says its the starter solenoid when under full load and the starter wasn't cranking
Solenoid ticking away and nothing else happening is usually a tell tail sign of poor battery or solenoid issues.
At least you have sorted out now.
Guessing the new battery has shown up a weak starter .
Not that uncommon
This is a common issue when a starter is on its last legs. Replace the battery (particularly a higher CCA rating) and they tend to go then. Might be worth posting that up as a sticky?
Jas
Sounds dumb, but did you clean battery terminals with some scourer pad before fitting????? they are coated