Ren89 0 Posted April 18 Hi, I have been having some issues when starting the car, starter motor will click multiple times or never or the starter motor will struggle. I have replaced the battery, new starter motor, the wires going to the starter, I have removed the brown plug connector and re connected all the wires and have checked and cleaned up the earth points. I have also replaced the ignition coil. Sometimes it will start no problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Fenton 1,633 Posted April 18 Common fault A few ideas ignition barrel switch no good aftermarket immobilizer causing problems bad connections to ignition barrel wiring bad connections at the fuse board I have come across all of the above Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ren89 0 Posted April 19 Ok, I'll check those out. Is there a way to check the ignition barrel? Which connections are the fuse board would be causing the issue? Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozymandis 103 Posted April 20 On 4/19/2026 at 5:57 AM, Ren89 said: Is there a way to check the ignition barrel? Pull the multi-plug out of the switch harness, work out which are the starter contacts in the cars harness plug, get a suitable piece of wire and do a temporary connection in the harness plug, if the starter turns it is the ignition switch or its captive harness at fault. I have twice, taken a switch to bits, the copper fixed contacts were burned, i dressed them down to a reasonably clean surface and they both worked again for thousands of miles, it is not electronics or rocket science, it is pre bronze age stuff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
