Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Morning all
over the weekend while camping/fishing with my 4year old we had the misfortune of the green truck not starting - battery is brand new and she doesn't even swing at all.......just click, click
fortunately parked on a slight embankment i rolled 2meters forward and she purrs

so am i right in thinking it's the starter, and where do i go to from here? replace or fix and who can i take it to that is trustworthy


thanks guys

Firstly check that your earth wires are properly connected and secure.
Then have the battery checked for dead cells.

Chances are that its a bad earth connection !!... I've had that a few times!!

thks Jorrie i'll check the earth's
but like i said - brand new battery testing good at 12.6V

thanks Ricster

you and Jorrie are giving me hope ($$$$) with the bad earth

With time and age those connections get a little rusty. On my SANI, I loosened the earth cable that connected to the body and cleaned till clean metal, and if I remember correctly the earth cable connected to the block aswell. I think this was where the problem was. After that the starter spun like a washing machine on spin cycle....ha ha

ricster i'll definitely check it out this weekend and give all the earth's a good clean and sanding down, and hopefully i can dance the defy super deluxe dance of joy by monday

Also check the connections on the starter.... but remember to disconnect the battery when you do that... otherwise you will do a shocking defy super deluxe dance of joy.......

Hi,

I don't want to sound negative, but I had a similar problem on my GQ. Newish battery but couldn't handle the big motor. It would start a couple of times with no problems and then I needed to charge it every time I parked it for a while. Alternator charges great and voltages would also be around 12,6 but still couldn't turn that 4.2 , it was the amps that was too low. Got a new big Varta with 100Ah and a CCA(cold cranking amps) of 800amps If I'm not mistaken. End of problems.

Long story short, make sure you have the right battery for that truck.

Hopefully its just a bad connection on the earth wire.

steffaansie i'm cautiously optimistic
but what buggs me is that early saturday morning it was cranking very slowly (with old battery) a couple of times
i left it a few minutes and tried again and just went click click - so it does sound as if the solenoid kicks in
i removed the battery and took it to battery shop who tested it and showed dead cell, so i bought a new battery and took it home, connected it (with my 4year old bubbling with excitement cause now him and dad can finally go camp/fish) and guess what......click click click
got it rolling forward like 2 meters and it started, so hence my starter motor question
drove to magalies stopped and tried again.....click click click and ever since click is all i get...