Guest ebo Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Hiya folks heres the story with the help of a mate i swapped the gearbox in a 1992 mk5 1.6 8v cvh before hand it started off the key. while doing it my mate snapped the positive off the starter motor so we were like we'll get to that after we're done put it back togher and bumped it. It started and drove fine so we were like ok now on to the starter. The terminal was missing for the unit so we soldered the wire directly onto where it broke off put it all back togher and tryed to start it. It made a clunk like a flat batterey and didnt even turn over nicked the batterey out my mates and and tryed again and same again clunk but nothing! Another mate came round n had a look he reckoned it was a wireing fault so im stuck could do with a hand if anyone could suggest anything Need the car on monday for work so any a help would be appreciated! cheers ebo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escort Cabriolet Club Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Check the Fusebox as they are prone to fail !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TSR157 Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 try a good jump lead from earth on battery to engine, ie manifold, engine lifting eye, make sure its a good contact, then try to start it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ebo Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 lol got it sorted cheers for the suggestions though was missing 2 earths from the gearbox and the positive from the alternator to the starter! and my cooling fan is dead so wired it up to a switch which only worked for the test drive! gonna have a look tommorow need to figure out my roof (power) its not working can hear a clicking fae the rear but its not going down checked the pump and its low on fluid so maybe thats whats wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TSR157 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 thought it was earths thats why i said about jump lead, when u do that it bypasses all earths, pleased 4 u m8 gl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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