MH problem.

[r4dent]

The ignition lights come on then start flickering and there is a rapid ticking sound.

This ticking sound usually indicates one of five things:
a dead battery,
loose wiring,
faulty starter motor,
faulty ignition switch
corroded battery terminals

a) Take a voltage reading on the starter battery
b) Try a jump start (you can remove a leisure battery and use that)

Let us know what happens.

Good luck

 

[guerdeval]

Remember, if you have a ducato/boxer you can jump it from a power pack under the bonnet without accessing the battery under the floor, just saying

 

[trevskoda]

Dont understand why folks are only getting 3 years from batteries, mine are well over 10 years and still going strong, secret dont let them sit idle, use a smart charger if leaving more than a week if no working solar.
Maybe i should open a shop selling batteries, fortune to be made.

 

[n brown]

re- whacking starter motor with hammer .
my son did this on my sprinter, not really hard , and the front casing shattered
it looks like metal , but it's ceramic . wtf

 

[Robmac]

re- whacking starter motor with hammer .
my son did this on my sprinter, not really hard , and the front casing shattered
it looks like metal , but it's ceramic . wtf

Did it start?

 

[izwozral]

After freezing my nuts off, getting soaked, skinning my knuckles to the bone and upsetting the neighbours carer when I screamed you effing barsteward (to which I apologised profusely) and assured it wasn't her I was screaming at, I have decided I am no more a mechanic than I am a brain surgeon or a hair dresser!
I now have a mobile mechanic coming on Tuesday. From what I have described and what I have tested he thinks it is more likely to be the starter motor.

Thank you one and all for your input and advice.

Happy New Year.

 

[n brown]

Did it start?

after i bought a new ne for a hundred quid ?
yup ,first turn of the key !

 

[RichardHelen262]

Do you not have brake down cover ? AA or rac or other

 

[r4dent]

Bring out the mallet Ral.

It might actually help in this case if you give the starter motor a whack!

Technical name is "percussive maintenance".

 

[runnach]

Technical name is "percussive maintenance".

I think it may be more to the use of the term “if you can’t fix it with a hammer, or mallet, you have an electrical fault”.

 

[Tim120]

I have decided I am no more a mechanic than I am a brain surgeon or a hair dresser!

Don't let the lack of subject matter deter you.

 

[Wully]

Ral I like but you are a prick. Edit. Na yer still a prick

 

[molly 2]

You have a flat battery fill it with electricity if that doesn't work , bang a new one in

 

[Wully]

Sorry big Bazz if Rals a prick then your a sausage a big ONE.

 

[Boris7]

I think in the long term Ral it would be a good idea to either buy a multimeter or if you already have one lean how to use it in these circumstances

HERE

This would have bought you to the issue quickly and painlessly, I don’t know if your Van stands on EHU when not in use, but even if it does that doesn’t always keep the starter battery topped up, again you can check this with a multimeter.

If you can borrow/buy a good conditioning charger and get it on the battery (if it doesn’t charge from EHU) you may still avoid the need for a mechanic.

 

[alwaysared]

Sounds like the battery to me

Regards,
Del

 

[runnach]

There is also some good stuff on youtube on battery testing using multimeter.

 

[trevskoda]

There is also some good stuff on youtube on battery testing using multimeter.

To complicated for a man in a mankiny, this is simple, bit like him.

 

[Wully]

oops. ….Thats me oot O the will then. Barry you know I didny mean it you can always give my share of the estate to the whippet sanctuary. sorry mate shouldn’t post shite when im

 

[izwozral]

Been fannying around most of the day with the mh, mate brought a battery round and mh still dead. He didn't like the look of some of the wiring but nothing he said make much sense to me. Oh well.