MK7 Transit starter motor issues 2.2

[sellers]

Hi,

My starter motor had always struggled a little when the engine has been hot and recently the van started making a squeeking noise when starting (sounded like it was in the cabin)

Anyway, tonight it would't start at all, ignition lights on, but not even trying to start, not even a click from the relay?

I tried looking at all fuses, swapped the relays round with an identical one in the fuse box and I fit a new starter. Now I'm a bit stuck?

The starter starts the van when I short the terminals but nothing happens on the key? Am I missing a fuse somewhere?

[knobby1]

Duff ignition switch..??

Lord Knobrot

[andz327]

Duff ignition switch..??

Lord Knobrot

Or Duff starter solenoid
Sometimes if you take starter oot and give it a good clean out , if your ok with spanners strip it down to clean out, theres 4 small planet gears that gunge up tae fook , on mk6 fwd not sure about yours there's a 1 small ball bearing sits in middle of the gears and the end of the main spindle that everything spins on sits on this) clean and lube the bearings and rebuild, you can get all the bits to repair it if brushes etc are gubbed cheap from ebay..... But a good clean can work wonders if you've not let i go to far
Sounds harder in writing than actually is.....or.......
Fit cheapest part first which is what his lordship mentioned above and if no joy fit replacement starter

[andz327]

Duff ignition switch..??

Lord Knobrot

Or Duff starter solenoid
Sometimes if you take starter oot and give it a good clean out , if your ok with spanners strip it down to clean out, theres 4 small planet gears that gunge up tae fook , on mk6 fwd not sure about yours there's a 1 small ball bearing sits in middle of the gears and the end of the main spindle that everything spins on sits on this) clean and lube the bearings and rebuild, you can get all the bits to repair it if brushes etc are gubbed cheap from ebay..... But a good clean can work wonders if you've not let i go to far
Sounds harder in writing than actually is.....or.......
Fit cheapest part first which is what his lordship mentioned above and if no joy fit replacement starter

There's a dude on here selling an as new starter in the transit parts for sale section mate

[sellers]

Cheers for the replies,

I did put a new starter on it but the same issue.

I traced in tonight though, the relay for the starter, the clamps in the fusebox grabbing the relay pins were very loose! Bent them a little and bent the relay pins a little to get a tighter connection and all works now!