yeah looking at it, looks like it was slowly starting to deteriorate and motor was stiff at spinning. it had it. The engine had a slow turn over with it when i first heard it.
The new one fitted was from a Nissan Primera P11, and was in good nick. So should last a wee while. The wire needed modifying for it, but that was easily done. Engine starting spin is a lot faster now.
Any issues with it Chris, let me know.