Shox Dr Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Starter motor on my 300tdi packed up this weekend, all it was doing was clicking, took it off and the solenoid worked fine and the motor fired up when connected to a spare battery. However when on the engine it refused to turn it. Not had any problems at all, always fired up first turn of the key, Battery is good. So got a brand new unit toady and fitted it, first 3x it fired up, 4th back to click click Wiring is all new, earth has good grounding. All lights on dash are as bright as a button Any suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 find the start relay & swap it for a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shox Dr Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 It turned out to be a bad earth. How I don't know because all the cables were made up last year, and they were cleaned when I put the Recon g/box in, last month. Hey Ho, the joys of owning a Land Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 a fairly quick & cheap fix is always good news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 And it is often the other wire that causes this problem. So check both before buying a new starter motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shox Dr Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 Bit late on that one Jim, I've already bought a new starter motor, but it as it only me 60quid and as brushes in the old starter were next to nonexistent I can live with it. Live and learn eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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