Zt 1.8T starter problems, help please!

Hi all, I have a ZT 1.8T & in the last few days have experienced starting problems.

I would turn the key but nothing happened, battery checked & all ok, could hear the fuel pump & the injectors priming, but nothing. Then on a random turn of the key the car would start perfectly.

I had to call the RAC out last weekend as it just wouldn't go, the guy did some checks & said it was the starter motor, probably the solenoid. Now my starter is the Nipon Denso one with a removable solenoid, I found a new one on ebay & yesterday tried to fit it, which I thought I had done correctly.

Thing is though, on connecting the battery live terminal something was spinning really fast so I took it off again. I assumed I had reconnected the solenoid terminals the wrong way round so did it again by switching the earth & live terminals on the solenoid around, but again the same thing happened.

This has stumped me so I am asking for help on the next step please. Pretty please really, with sugar on top :-)

I have mobility issues & can only just reach the solenoid & have no chance of removing the starter itself, so what are my options?

I thought about re-fitting the old solenoid to see if the new one is faulty, is that a good start do you think?



Thanks in advance, Brook.

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