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judging by time of posting it’s a USA onemetalworker0 wrote:Sorry, don't think many are familiar with the 2.5 engine in the transit connect.
Is it one of those engines that starts and stops automatically, if so; that's another thing not so many will be familiar with. as some of these have a motor as a flywheel. hi-tech and probably beyond the realms of and average mechanic.
If not, it could be this - a worn flywheel ring gear, flywheels always's stop in the same place, so the wear on them happens all in one place, once that starts to happen, the starter motor will not engage with the teeth of the flywheel, it's downhill all the way from that, you could prove this by turning the engine over about 90 degrees with a spanner and then trying to start it ...if it then engages and starts ..the flywheel is the culprit. if so then the flywheel has to be replaced.-a big job! there are ways and means to get it temporarily fixed - like taking the starter motor out and filing the ring gear teeth and shimming the pinion so it engages a little more - maybe then you'll get a few weeks or months, nothing more.
it could also be a duff starter motor.
but you have other faults, the lights on the dash go out and things generally don't work - this says to me you have a break in the wiring or a bad earth somewhere...so this should be checked out first.
all the best..mark
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