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Hi Gents

Quick update, new positive cable fitted, all terminals cleaned and she starts on the button

Thanks for the advice

Fingers

another tool added to my purchase list, If that's all it is happy days !

I'll let you know how I get on.

thanks

Hi Slooby,

There probably not the greatest, I've got some new cables on order as that's an easy fix anyway, just wondered if it's a deeper problem.

Hi all, I have an issue starting, when you turn the key, it winds over very very slowly and eventually starts to speed up, unfortunately its was not fast enough to start, both + & - terminal on the battery started to smoke as well as the solenoid terminal before the battery went flat. Changed ba...

Quick update.

I removed the solenoid and found the small spring loaded plunger inside was sticking, a few taps with screwdriver and it freed itself.

Thanks for the sensible advice hair bear.

Thanks

I'll start there.

Hi Not sure this is the correct section to post this in but I have recently refurbished a trailer I made many years ago, it has a caravan chassis and a tipper body I got off Ebay. It has an electric motor with a solenoid to work the ram and hold it in place but the ram is letting by which it never u...

Hi, Just thought I'd give you a a little update on a comment that Gecko made. 'I bought a cheap children's metal detector for just such occasions.' Last week my neighbour can over complaining that his son had ripped the hinge of the tail gate on his truck in his field and they has spent all day trac...

Status update: A big thanks to Agrimax and Fowler Man, the advice was spot on as usual, part came today and it was running again within the hour. This forum is amazing, i try not to ask too much on here, i would rather try and figure it out myself but when I need guidance, help, inspiration or just ...

thanks chaps I realised i didn't need to take it off after it did it, I also didn't think anything fell out but couldn't be 100% sure in the light, so thanks for that, note to self, don't dismantle anything over grass without a sheet down in fading light! I'll let you know how I get on. thanks Fingers