Help, I am after some reassurance. Noticed my Defender struggling to start a couple of weeks a go. Went to start after a week stood up starter moter only managing to click. Flat battery I thought, duly put battery on charge.
Reconnected battery and attempted to start, still only cranked very slowly. Like the fool I am continued to crank, nothing. When I say nothing not quite true, this was followed by smoke and flames from the area of the starting motor. Expletives followed, and a mad panic for the hose pipe. Now I am not stupid enough to think that the starter motor is going to be anything but u/s. However is this the portent to something more serious.