Hi all just a quick question. My pinto is struggling to turn over via the starter but by hand its relatively free any ideas other than i need a new starter. Going to hook it up to my landy today as think the batterys a bit duff but tryed jumper pack and that did not work so i belive its the starter. Also anyone with a good starter i could buy if i cant find anything else to try.
Cheers

It sounds like it has too much static ignition advance.

However do the usual checks on earth leads and connections and charge the battery at low charge rate for 12 to 24 hours then let the battery rest for 2 hours+ .
After charging and resting with all electrical loads switched off a fully charged battery in current UK summer weather should show a voltage of 12.8 to 13 volts across the terminals.

Then try to start it with a voltmeter measuring across the battery terminals, if when trying to crank the engine the voltage drops almost instantly to 6 volts the battery probably has a dead cell.

Normally when cranking the engine a battery with a good charge and in reasonable condition will show at at least 9volts measured across the terminals.

[Edited on 21/7/13 by britishtrident]

Have you tried connecting the booster pack hegative directly to the engine rather than the battery negative.
If you do need a new starter then one from an automatic car has more torque

The starter is only held together by a few nuts and bolts, the first thing I would do is get the starter on a work bench and bench test it. Then if its still not giving enough umph then whip it apart and check the contacts