[SOLVED] Diagnose my starter problem please

[unfazed]

yes , point taken - twice , cheers for the humiliation  :o :b

Actually keratos was not getting at you or trying to humiliate you and I was sincere in accepting the apology.  :thumbup Fair play to you for coming back on and saying what you said. :thumbup

Corrosion can do funny things with meter tests, the only way to test it properly is using a high current meter.

The smart ass arrogant mechanic said to my neighbour when he explained what I had told him said and I quote "What the foc would a fellow who fixes phones know about car electrics" :eek
He was insisting that the starter motor was faulty and it would cost 100 pounds, I got a solonoid from the breakers for a tenner and put it in for him.
I opened the solonoid showed him what the problem was and he took it back to mechanic who told him to foc off, he did and changed to a different mechanic which he has been using since  :lol