Hi all i've just joined up to your forum to ask if anyone can help me, i'm at my wits end and my sanity is soon to leave! I have a 2005 fiat ducato maxi 2.8jtd, its been a cracking van til now and i've never had a problem with it but last week the starter went so i bought a new one for it. Between the Old starter being removed and the new one being fitted was about 2 days so the battery was disconnected for this time. When i fitted the starter and connected the battery everything appeared fine, she fired up no problem and thats where normality ends! It was getting dark so as normal i put the headlights on and the engine cut out! I then turned them back to dip and it burst back to life. I've had all the wiring apart and checked fuses, connections and cables and everything seems fine. If you just have the ignition on and turn the headlights on all the dash lights and clocks go dead and start to flicker up and down and the actual headlights don't even light up. Has anyone else had this problem? If so how did you fix it? Many thanks in advance!