This problem is doing my head in (Citroen ZX)

The message from snipped-for-privacy@lifeofriley.freeserve.co.uk (Steve) contains these words:

Including engine to bodywork strap?

Wot Guy said, plus check the cable going from the battery to the starter/solenoid. I had one fracture internally on a Lada which was a right bugger to track down.

-- Malc

Before spending that sort of money, you should have measured the voltage drop on both 'live' and earth. To do this you need a reasonable DVM which reads about 2 volts full scale and wire it between the battery earth terminal and the starter casing, get someone to operate the starter with the ignition disabled, and note the reading. Repeat between the battery positive and the starter terminal. The two results added should be less than 0.5 volts.

Thanks, guys. I'll have another look in the morning but as for post #4.... I know you mean well but was that English? lol. I can barely tell which is the pos and which is the neg on the battery. Cheers, Steve

MAde perfect sense to me old bean

Then perhaps you would be best to use a decent garage - it couldn't have cost you more money than your efforts.

Steve wrote on 14 Jun 2004 19:40:32 -0700:

It makes more sense than your post does, what with the lack of any quoting. Whats "post #4" anyway? Posts are given message ID's which are a bit longer than that... and they arrive in different orders on different servers most of the time.

Anyway, if you can't use a digital voltmeter, may I suggest you can't fix your electrical problem?

Indeed. Basic fault finding on the electrics of a car isn't exactly rocket science. A DVM will include basic instructions on how to use it, or you could ask here. There are also plenty of books available about the basics of DC theory.

-0700:

I suspect he's using Google groups because it does make some sort of sense then