It starts with a key!

Well if nothing else we're making progress - by day five the eSpace started with a key!** And we're now 99.9% sure that the battery is the root cause, which is good and bad, although easier to fit than a new starter, it is double the price :(

** Although it did need jump leads and a Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4 to help ;)

So our scrap yard battery almost got it started, the Pajero battery on its own did a bit more, both of them combined a bit more than that, and with the Pajero running it started a treat!

So with our limited knowledge we're assuming the starter must be fine, all we need is a 'new' battery with sufficient charge. We're also assuming that the Pajero battery must be slightly undercharged too (it is old) as I'd have hoped that it could have started the eSpace on its own.

There's still 0.1% of me thinking that maybe a starter 'on its way out' could need more power to work? The eSpace's previous owner has assured us that once he fit a new battery it worked fine (he kept the new battery when he sold us the car - mainly as the battery was worth 92x more than the price we were paying for the eSpace ;) ).

Just to be on the safe side Tim is hopefully getting it tested tonight at a local tyre/battery place (and if there's time I'll get a second opinion at another after). Then to be doubly sure, we'll leave it on charge for 60+ hrs and give it one last go on Monday evening.