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Starter-Slight Buzzing but not engaging or turning

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Starter-Slight Buzzing but not engaging or turning

Mk1 Clipper Cab, Manual Box. Not making any sound at all when trying to start.

On the car:
-Cleaned all connectioned, Nuts, washers etc.
Then Multimeter out, I've checked:
-Earth to body of Starter and Earth Terminal, fine.
-Live to Main Terminal, fine
-Ignition live (the spade connection), fine

Off car, rigged with jump leads on a bench:
-Shorted ignition to live, it buzzes quietly but doesn't throw out or spin up?

Am I missing something?

I've given it a few wallops for good measure, as suggested in other posts.

While I was taking it off the section where the terminals are rotated slightly, have turned it back to where I think it was before…

It does seem to have an extra spade connector (Seperate from the Ignition connection), but I don't have anything to connect to that…(?)

Mk1 Golf 16V Conversion FAQ Zip, now located at in the Forum WIKI section: http://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/index.php?page=cedi&type=misc&id=42%2F26%2F3

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Oh and I can't get the solenoid off as the screws are knackered  :banghead:

Mk1 Golf 16V Conversion FAQ Zip, now located at in the Forum WIKI section: http://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/index.php?page=cedi&type=misc&id=42%2F26%2F3

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Scrub that, assumed the worse and took the starter apart, one of the brushes was loose in the casing, all back together and now it turns over like a beaut.  Won't start though..back to square 1…

Mk1 Golf 16V Conversion FAQ Zip, now located at in the Forum WIKI section: http://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/index.php?page=cedi&type=misc&id=42%2F26%2F3
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