i have a fully recharged battery in my 1275 gt, turn the ignition on and the oil and battery light come on as normal along with the interior light (when door is open)
when u try n start the car there is a rapid click click click then nothing, starter doesnt engage, and once u return the key to ignition the lights go off then stay off!!! then its totally dead, but then ill try it again 2 mins after and it’ll repeat the above again,
havent touched any electrics, just one morning it did that, and its still doing it!!
sounds like you need a new starter motor,
also check the battery, make sure the leads are tight,(20%) of eletrical faults are down to a loose battery terminal..
that clicky isquite possably the battery being dead, the rapid clicking is a sign of low voltage, i have had this on one of my cars before it will either be the battery not holding charge or the alternator not charging the battery. If you have not trned on you mini since charging the battery then i would say itis the battery. Try another battery or use jump leads to try and start it
cant be the starter motor because its a reconned new one and its fine, thought that cliking is the solenoid, cant i just branch a spanner accross the solenoid and start it that way?
ill try my mates battery in it tonight n see how it goes,
when the engine turned over previously in did get slower and slower as the weeks went on, used to turn over really fast before, but got real slow lately, mayeb that was a sign of a dying battery, or poss alternator.
how do i get it back up to speed again?
I’m with minimole on that…now you’ve charged it, and it’s still clik click clicking…
take it to halfords or somewhere like that and they’ll test it for you.. also I get my batteries from there, as they have at least 3 years no quibble guarantee on them… and I use to goose a battery every other year ( high compression and intertia starters don’t mix ! )
Could be a poor starter motor, just because they have been reconditioned doesn’t Guarentee them being good.
Sounds to me more like a bad earth or the battery is bad.
Battery is easy enough to check either get a garage to do a drop test on it or try jump leads or a battery known to be good.
Remove all the earth leads to the engine, both ends make sure they are clean (wire wool) and the mating surface is clean also that they are bolted up tightly. If you have a bad earth it will put unnecessary strain on the battery.
Repeat for the main power cables from the battery through Solenoid then onto starter.
Also check the battery connections again clean and tight.
You can short the solenoid across the top 2 terminals only very briefly and not recomended I think it reduces the life of the solenoid. If the solenoid is clicking then it suggests that it is working.
Cheers Ben.
nice and easy one to solve this - get a new battery!
A cold winter can kill a battery - they REALLY dont like the cold, and if you’ve had the battery for a good few years, it’ll have less power than when you first had it, even if you leave it on charge for a week!
As said definatley the battery, the wifes MX-5 has this problem if we don’t drive it for a couple of days the batterys dead and needs a jumps start, same happened last winter. The cold weather really does give them a hard time.
had the same problem with mine, turned out to be a mixture of the weather and a bad earth
checked all earth points and recharged battery, all was fine
I would say a bad earth
dave
I support the crowd saying “battery”. Like Minimole, I’ve always found low voltage on the battery when you get that high-speed clicking.
You can confirm battery vs. starter by trying to jump start the car. If you can jump start it… it’s the battery.
not always it can be the earth or possitive terminal on the battory not making a good contact
dave
is there not an engaging gear from starter motor to the gearbox that might have siezed causing the starter no to be able to turn over, if the battery is not flat and there is a clicking then you know there is current, but if your lights are going out after engaging the starter then your battery is drained of its power by just engaging the starter this means you will need new battery even if you dont want one as you may get stuck some where if you have new starter motor in it but has been stood around for a bit it could still have stuck best idea is give it a bit of gental encouragement with a wooden stick as metal could damage casing.
Ste
On the 4th ClubbyGT1275 said he was going to get a friend to come over with jumpers and give that a try. Let’s wait to see what happened since he last posted.
swap batteries with your mate when he comes over
If the problem switches to his car it is the battery
If the prob;em stays with your car it is the starter motor or the solenoid or the earth strap or the engine earth strap or the positive battery lead or most likely just a bad connection on your battery that will clear when you swap
all sorted boys, old battery wouldnt hold the charge, charged it and it was still flat as a pancake, so had to buy a new one. dodgy battery connections prob didnt help.
cheers
for all ur help chaps
