Thread: Any Ideas?

try tapping the starter while someone is trying to crank it with the ignition key.....see if this makes the starter work.

you can tap the starter motor to get it to work or get a big screw driver and put it across the two terminals while some else turns the key. This will make the starter motor work but not for the faint hearted as it sparks alot

yep go the starter! or dont go the starter in your case ops:
i had the same thing 2days ago with a brand new forklift!
multimetered everything, ok, wheres that bloody hammer!!!!
hit the starter body and that was that!

phil.

Sounds more than brushes or burnt solenoid contact.

I'm thinking crook armature. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]

Ignition switch,

Sounds exactly the same as the way my Rangie went.

Try repeatedly turning the switch all of a sudden it will go.


Bushie

My 2 bob

Check to see if there is power at the starter. constant 12v and the starting circuit.

if so then you have a dead starter.

Now here is and interesting point.
My Disco 200 that i had and the Fender i have both the starters seized.
combination of moisture and time.

I fixed the Disco one with lots of smacking and crc...

Fender one i pulled out and rebuilt it. Well lubricated and cleaned it as the brushes were ok.
Tested it on the ground and then put it back in. No problems since.

Takes a while to do it, but worth it.

Had similar a while back

Ignition switch was the problem.

Michael.

To test whether its the switch, just run a light wire from the battery to the small spade on the solonoid.
Regards Philip A