968 earth advice please.

[anonymous-user]

Hi,
I have an intermittent problem with my 968 which I suspect is down to a faulty earth. Occasionally it won't start and everything goes dead - the lights all come on as normal at position 1, but when I turn to activate the starter i get a click under the bonnet and all the lights go out. Turn off and try again and this time not even the ignition lights come on. Then next time she starts up fine.

Battery is new and good. Car has ignition master switch (it is a race car), otherwise electric are standard. I have a chnanged usual relays (DME plus the other common one - name eludes me - and no difference).

It doesn't sound like the c solenoid issue. If it is a bad earth, which of the 10 or so points is likely to be the culprit? Or am I barking up the wrong tree (decentish doctor, poor mechanic!)

Thanks

Mark

[NJH]

I had a bizarre fault on my s2 that would suddenly cut everything then come back again. When it became terminal enough to stop the car from starting I checked the starter motor and found the big lead onto the starter was loose.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks - been told that elsewhere too, there is an earth to the bell housing evidently.