Help bus won't start stuck in carpark

[Supertramp]

Just finished a 13 hour shift and I'm stuck in the works car park as the bus won't start.
For a few days when I turn the key instead of starting first time it whirrs and takes a good few pumps of the accelerator to start.
Now it's completely dead, anything I can do??

 

[Ands1]

Where are you?

 

[Supertramp]

Lancaster

 

[Ands1]

HHMM a bit to far for me dude, is the van turning over just not firing?

 

[dub boy]

Just finished a 13 hour shift and I'm stuck in the works car park as the bus won't start.
For a few days when I turn the key instead of starting first time it whirrs and takes a good few pumps of the accelerator to start.
Now it's completely dead, anything I can do??

if its happened over a few days bud i would say poss your fuel pumps on the way out
if you have any fuel in a can mite be worth poreing a little straight in the carb ,i presume youve checked you have a spark

 

[vwvanman0]

Have your points closed up? This happens to me occasionally,gets harder to start then wont.

 

[Ands1]

Yeh, I'd be checking points, condensor & coil for starters

 

[Supertramp]

That was my last bloody shift for a week and I was going to spend the time sorting it.
It's not firing at all. Nothing coming from it now not even a whirr.
Argghhh

(It's electric ignition)

 

[dub boy]

That was my last bloody shift for a week and I was going to spend the time sorting it.
It's not firing at all. Nothing coming from it now not even a whirr.
Argghhh

(It's electric ignition)

so is it turning over

 

[Ands1]

That was my last bloody shift for a week and I was going to spend the time sorting it.
It's not firing at all. Nothing coming from it now not even a whirr.
Argghhh

(It's electric ignition)

Is starter sticking? if so rock van back & forth in gear or get under van & whack starter with hammer

 

[Supertramp]

That was my last bloody shift for a week and I was going to spend the time sorting it.
It's not firing at all. Nothing coming from it now not even a whirr.
Argghhh

(It's electric ignition)

Is starter sticking? if so rock van back & forth in gear or get under van & whack starter with hammer

Bingo!
Cheers for all the advice. Used my spanner to whack the starter and got a little whirr so called out a local garage who used a hammer and gave it a few taps but still wasn't enough so he tow started me and I'm now back home, 16hrs after arriving at work.

So I suppose my next question is, how difficult is it to replace the starter? :lol:

 

[Ands1]

Pretty easy to change although I nearly popped my shoulder out changing mine :lol:
you might need to be double jointed

Andy

 

[rallye dale]

Starters pretty easy to change, its the bolt over the top behind the fan housing that's the awkward / a **** :lol:

 

[Harry UK]

There's a nut located in engine bay which is for the infamous d bolt which requires (17mm?) spanner, pain to get at but gets easy with practice.

Most importantly dis-connect your battery first!!

I would rate it as an easy job.

 

[Supertramp]

Cheers guys. Absolutely knackered now, could have kicked the bus not starting after that shift.

 

[marco]

A 17mm ratchet spanner is great for the nut behind the fan housing, good luck with the fix