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my vans always been a bit on the sluggish side starting so i got a new battery and solenoid for the starter motor just been to pick my lad up from football and it wouldnt start , just turned over really slow as if the battery was flat , checked the volt meter and batteries fine turned the key again and it fired up im thinking it may be a bad earth or the cable from the starter to battery any ideas anyone ? thanks jeff

Type lazy starter into the search box.Theres a few threads on this subject.

cheers rob i did that and had a look at a few threads and seems likely its an earth problem

Or the starter bush on a manual ... I remember (and see ) your's is an automatique

lol i remember ian im learning a bit more everyday thanks to you and others on here still got a long way to go though

when it's all fixed you'll be bored to death

kevtherev wrote:when it's all fixed you'll be bored to death

Does that EVER happen???? There's always sommat to do.....

When it should all be done you spend every driving moment listening for that next little noise

ain't that the truth....

just changed the earth strap from gearbox to chassis got one off my brother who rebuilds minis and fired up first time just gotta finish recarpetting , fit the smev combi new fridge and propex heater lower it by 30mm , fit the interior downlights new window rubber and repaint it and im done !

oh and a new rad and sort the oil leak out think i need a new sump gasket got drips of oil around the sump bolts

jeffdub wrote:oh and sort the oil leak out think i need a new sump gasket got drips of oil around the sump bolts

I take it you mean from the auto transmission ? Cos you don't have 'sump bolts' or a 'sump' as such on a wbxer

Ian

Must be that then ian i just noticed what i thought was oil on the drive,had a quick look underneath and saw a drip off what i thought was the sump can i get a gasket and fix it ? Cheers jeff

Could be the 'sump plug' which has a copper sealing washer or a front or rear crankshaft oil seal. Clean up and see what it's dripping from

Ok ian will do thanks