Thanks for taking the time to respond. I will get the full reg. number tomorrow when I’m back at work Peter, thanks. It was a vectra 1.9td (fiat engine). I will elaborate a little Aidan, I recovered vehicle in with clutch fluid leak (only to find parts already stripped like battery & air box etc). Anyway slave leaking so gearbox removed to find dmf so worn that pressure plate was wearing bell housing. Customer gave the go-ahead (even though was more than the car was worth) for new clutch kit & dmf. When finished car did take a little longer cranking than normal sometimes but didn’t think much of this as never heard it running before. Anyway, customer said it was fine before so I booked it back in to check. Rail pressure around 200 bar on cranking with a good battery & injector leak off not excessive, so I suggested replacing the starter motor as it sounded slow. (I did remove it to check location dowel & see if there was any “adjustment “). Customer (with Haynes manual check list in hand) didn’t believe his starter motor could be at fault & I didn’t see that I should pay for a new one. (I offered to fit a second hand one for free to prove my point). Had a court letter saying that he had to scrap car & claiming money back plus inconvenience costs