reluctant starter

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AlexB
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reluctant starter

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My superdexta has become a reluctant starter, in that when I press the starter lever, there are clicks but no action.

Moving the L/H lever has tended to prompt action but could well be co-incidence or a pointer to something else

Any ideas please?

I have searched on previous posts but not found anything specific.

Thanks

Old Hywel
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Re: reluctant starter

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Before getting too deep into component faults check all the heavy cable connections, dismantling and cleaning if necessary. This applies to live and earth.

MikesDexta
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Re: reluctant starter

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check the battery voltage
try bypassing the solenoid, if it works it's either the solenoid (always the case when I've had clicking) or a bad connection
check cable continuity battery to solenoid and solenoid to battery using a multimeter

good luck

Mike
1959 Dexta
I'm not retired just re-deployed

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