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start/electrical problem

Postby deezbeez » Sat Jun 19, 2010 8:09 pm

a week and a half ago , one morning I went out to start my van (2008 T350 LWB transit) it started then died , never done that before I thought . Tried starting it again and away it went , no more problems the rest of the day , next morning the same , it started and died but after that when I tried starting the van it started making clicking noises then seeming like it was turning over then clicking noises then eventually started . Then Monday last week , i went out to start the van and nothing , no clicking noises , just nothing . Under warranty I phoned up ford recovery and along came the local mechanic who has the cover for AA in my area , he tested the battery , its not the battery he says , its your starter motor , he tried hitting it a few times while shouting to me to turn the key , still no joy . It got taken away the following morning to the ford commercial garage in aberdeen about 35 miles from me . I phoned to find out what the problem was and I was told it was electrical , while it was there I asked for the 45,000 service to be done , I got the phone call yesterday that the van was done and dusted , i picked it up today . i was told that the starter relay had been affected by something , this was the problem and that it had been cleaned up . I
went out to start the van tonight after leaving it for a few hours and guess what , the clickings back , totally annoying and putting me close to the edge of losing the plot . Has anyone got some ideas apart from going through the warranty procedure again , i know thats what its for , but i start 5am monday and
wont get another motor till probably later on that day . :evil:
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Re: start/electrical problem

Postby welshy » Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:57 pm

i know the battery earth cables become faulty and the vehicle wont always start
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Re: start/electrical problem

Postby deezbeez » Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:32 pm

if it is earth cables , surely the ford garage would have sorted this out ? I'm not ignoring your thought , i'm happy for suggestions so i can look for myself , like i said in my first post in the welcome section , im not mechanically minded and if I put it into a garage under warranty to be repaired I would expect it to be repaired , when i have commitments regarding work it is extremely annoying that the van seemingly hasnt been repaired properly
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Re: start/electrical problem

Postby the_big_fact_hunt » Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:15 am

thats the thing mate, here you're asking the people who know,
Not the same as asking Ford, where its "computer says no"
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Re: start/electrical problem

Postby deezbeez » Sun Jun 20, 2010 3:02 pm

Heres an update , got the AA out again today , its starting at the moment , the AA lad had a look at all connections , earth and live , he checked and cleaned them all , he has told me that there is a slight loose connection at the starter but its internal so recommends a new starter . He has given me a copy of the report to take to the garage
who had it in allready for three days and never fixed the problem . I have to hope that it starts tomorrow at 5a.m to get to the garage for 7.30 am . so in this case it seems like a dodgy starter (internal) . Anyone experienced this before?
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Re: start/electrical problem

Postby deezbeez » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:02 pm

now another update , hopefully this may become useful for someone somtime , the van ran for a day after the AA visited , he did warn me that the starter could go at anytime , today I went to start the van , nothing , AA out again , he rocked the van in gear , turned the key and away it went , straight into the ford commercial service garage armed with my two reports from the AA is where I headed , the van had sat in that garage last wed , thurs and friday and I collected it on saturday being told it had been fixed and that the problem had been a dirty relay . They soon replaced the starter this morning but also told me that they need it back in on saturday to change some wheel that has a problem they noticed when they took the starter off but have to remove the gearbox to do it , can anyone tell me what that is about , please .???
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Re: start/electrical problem

Postby MrMPuk » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:04 pm

Probably Dual Mass Flywheel (DMF), quite a lot about it on here.
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Re: start/electrical problem

Postby deezbeez » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:10 pm

MrMPuk wrote:Probably Dual Mass Flywheel (DMF), quite a lot about it on here.



aye , i think he he did say flywheel , so is that a common problem?
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