Mini 1 Quiting at Startup

Hi, I’ve got an older Mini 1 without the lcd screen that was working but today is quiting during the leveling process. It swipes the nozzle and touches down on the first pad but quits after the second or last. I flipped the nozzle pad and that worked for a day.
Same machine is not moving up with the Z axis although slight upward pressure on the filament stepper motor for the first few layers seems to help.
I’ve done a firmware update and it responds well to the jog position commands in Cura.
Last oddity; when the gantry is making big movements on the Z axis there is a lot of moaning and groaning - lubrication I suppose?
Just getting our two minis going after 3 years? Thanks
Robert@Bixby School

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