tigran
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Well popped over to a mates house to get the project allagro running. No such luck. Anyone care to listen to the symptoms?
We got it to turn over once, but after that every time you turn the key to fire it up there is a loud click and everything dies, lights the lot. You have to disconnect the battery and reconnect it in order to get any lights on the dash etc etc.
Thinking now is that it might be a shagged starter - thoughts?
Thanks for any advice
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stinkwheel
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is the battery good? sounds like it might be shagged.
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that to me sounds like a bad earth  try cleaning the bradied earth strap |
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I would check for a bad battery connection or bad earth.
Clean the battery terminals and the connections. Then fully tighten them. Check teh condition of the engine earth and you could even put a jump lead from the battery -ve to the engine to help.
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slater
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Sounds like a starter. Do you know if its pre engaged?
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has it got the original bl type terminals which press on and have a self tapper through them if so thats the most likly culprit there sh*t
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all of the above!
I'd put starter as the last option, it sounds far more like battery is dud, connections loose or dirty, earth strap problem, main feed wire problem...
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Rob
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the click sounds like the solenoid - dead battery or dud earth again from me.
you have hit the starter with a hammer havent you !? always cured my starting problems.
with all the electrics going down... do you have a short somewhere..?. get yer multimeter out for some continuity testing, its great fun.
Rob
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might be a silly question but is it manual or auto?
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tigran
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tis a manual.
Tbh the earth sounds about right - we only bodged the solenoid on with a (wrong) screw - I know this is what earths the solenoid to the body.
I'll get onto it with a pair of proper screws (and a hammer if it's being naughty)
Thanks gang!
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1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak
1992 Micra K10
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2002 BMW E46 330Ci
2013 BMW F31 320d
2018 BMW G31 530d
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try cleaning the bradied earth strap 
