Sourced a 680A battery from work to fault find.
Still no go - only the sharp 'click' from the solenoid.
So, went down the earthing route - found that starter motor was hanging off, only loosely held on by one bolt , refastened this and then disconnected (-) from battery to engine mount - earth strap from engine mount to chassis - cleaned them all up and a bit of sandpaper to get rid of corrosion - refastened all.
Still only sharp click from solenoid and no movement from starter motor.
I then put 2 jump leads direct on the starter motor - plenty of sparks from the battery terminals but not a squeak from the motor.
Fuck - I had the bloody thing off yesterday to clean before refastening.
When jump starting from the WK the other day it did sound a bit lumbered but put that down to dead battery.
Am I looking at brushes in the starter motor? - all summer it started by even looking at the key - did this month sitting outside
bugger up the starter motor? - can hardly believe it
