Test/remove and install solenoid switch

If the solenoid switch is defective, the pinion in the starter is not pulled into engagement with the flywheel ring gear.

As a result, the starter cannot crank the engine.

This fault occurs more often than the starter motor itself being defective.

• Remove the gear, shift lever in neutral position.

• Test requirement: battery fully charged.

• Using a auxiliary cable, briefly bridge terminal 30 (= thick positive cable) and terminal 50 (thin cable, to the ignition switch) at the starter; the starter pinion must snap forward (click) and the starter must run. If not, unbolt the starter and test it removed.

• Remove the starter and repeat the test with the starter removed using a car battery. A jump-start cable is suitable as the supply lead to terminal 50 of the starter.

  If the pinion snaps forward without the starter running, have the starter motor overhauled by a workshop.

• If the pinion does not snap forward, unbolt the solenoid switch and replace it.

• Seal the joint - f - to the starter with a suitable sealant.

• Hook the solenoid switch onto the fork lever in the starter, then bolt it on.

• Bolt on the lead for the solenoid switch.

• Test the starter again, as described above.

• Install the starter.