[peeeete]

my car is stuck in the middle of our side street and it wont turn on... no noise at all when key is turned... battery is working heater/ lights come on... no engine anything... its bout to be blocking traffic and its full of rubbish to take to the tip fuuuuuuck!!!! any ideas???

[Scrawny]

Loose battery cable to the starter? Check over everything you've touched

[Cade]

as above battery connections or starter motor

i have the same issue

give your starter a good whack with a hammer and turn over at same time does the trick for me:)

[hutch]

as above say.. or

put a for sale sign on it and walk away... thats right keep walkin!

[Cade]

as above

where was your advice to sell it when i needed it

in the last month i have done uni joints, bearings, shocks, gasket among other things and thought sweet now to zook will be nice and reliable WRONGH now starter has shat itself can never win

[v.w.dave]

If its all plugged in and still doing nothing hit the started with a hammer or soming on the side it might be froze up.

[peeeete]

Lol scrawn you were right once the cable was loose then drove to shops thinking all good turned it off stupid! And now same again will try hitting it will it make a difference I on a hill at all?

[peeeete]

Just got new starter today too!

[peeeete]

Tried hitting it nothin... I m stuck behind a coles... Fuck!

[Scrawny]

Are you sure all connections are tight and making good contact? ie: clean and free of crap. What are the battery terminals like? Tight and clean also?

[Cade]

roll start?

[peeeete]

The only crap on em is lol bits of metal from where my battery charger scratches it up... The bolts are on too tight for me to undo and the wire to the starter motor is tight at both ends... Looks clean... Lights and everything come on fine... But nothing from the motor...

[peeeete]

Tried roll starting it bu starter is doing nothing so motor won't turn over...

[Scrawny]

Terminals are definitely tight on the battery posts? Do you have someone who could try jump starting?

If all else is ok, it must be the starter. Was it new or rebuilt?

[peeeete]

New apparently looks new...

[atari4x4]

is the start motor jammed against the ring gear? put it in 4th, handbrake off & see if you can rock & roll the zook forwards & backwards against the compression to un jam it.

im guessing it's on flat ground?

[Cade]

think he said it was on a hill

[peeeete]

On flat ground now and it's tough to roll feels like there's the wheels are square if you know what I mean easy to a point hard then easy again will keep rocking

[Scrawny]

Where are you Pete? Who did the starter? Sounds like something is holding on

[peeeete]

Out the back of coles union square in Brunswick yeah there's bursts of air being sucked into the carby and a knocking noise coming from the engine when I push it back in a straight line bout 4 or 5 every metre I push?

[Scrawny]

Is it in gear? What sort of knocking noise?

[peeeete]

Makes the whole engine jump and something there makes the noise
could just be my noisy engine turning over... But haven't noticed it before...

[peeeete]

Where on the starter should I hit it I just found a rock...

[peeeete]

It was running hot on the way here anything to do with it?

[atari4x4]

peeeete wrote:

Out the back of coles union square in Brunswick yeah there's bursts of air being sucked into the carby and a knocking noise coming from the engine when I push it back in a straight line bout 4 or 5 every metre I push?

thats the engine cranking over, if the starter was jammed it would be free now!

[want33s]

peeeete wrote:

Tried roll starting it bu starter is doing nothing so motor won't turn over...

HUH?
Roll starting doesn't involve the starter motor...

[peeeete]

Fuck... So must be dud connection from battery to starter which I can't undo to check got no tools... Or dud starter?

[peeeete]

Shit sorry too tired to think... Will give it a go...

[steak_knife]

want33s wrote:

peeeete wrote:

Tried roll starting it bu starter is doing nothing so motor won't turn over...

HUH?
Roll starting doesn't involve the starter motor...

X2

[Gwagensteve]

Union square Brunswick?

Just hide in the bushes and leave the keys in the ignition - someone will have it started in no time.... you'll just have to run after them.

*sorry* , cheap shot I know Lived in Brunswick for a while - three out of three cars vandalised.


Steve.