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discool
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For a D1 terminals are correct in that the pos+ is on the right and neg- on the left, but they should be at the rear of the battery, the standard factory battery leads may not reach in fact I don't think they will, also the terminals are to near the bonnet edge to be safe.
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On both my discos, the pos+, is closest to offside wing. Right and left are misleading.
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That's the one... was £72 when I got mine and if it does pack up in the warrenty take it back to any Halfords and get a replacement that's worth a few bob.
I have my fingers in a few pies but the motor trade is not one of them so no Halfords trade card for me.
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MHM, don't take this wrong way, just trying to clear something up, so I can understand.
"offside - nearside". Here in Aus, near side is term when around horses, and is the side you mount from, sitting in saddle it is the left side when looking straight ahead of you.
I often see post on here that refer to this term and it "does me head in" can you clear it up for me please.
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Perhaps I should have made a reference to the picture of the battery that was posted, which if turned around would put the pos+ near the wing and away from the bonnet edge. On my disco the neg- is nearest the wing just like when it left the factory.
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rite - sorry about that - the prob with right and left is that it depends where yu are looking from - the front of the car looking towards the back, or from the drivers seat. Mind yu - for them frogs and peeps wot drive on the wrong side - i suppose n/side and o/side does the same - because it relates to the curb side of the car.
assuming that yu are sitting in the drivers seat and facing forward, then in the UK the offside is on the right.
does that help?
assuming that yu are sitting in the drivers seat and facing forward, then in the UK the offside is on the right.
does that help?
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MHM, don't take this wrong way, just trying to clear something up, so I can understand.
"offside - nearside". Here in Aus, near side is term when around horses, and is the side you mount from, sitting in saddle it is the left side when looking straight ahead of you.
I often see post on here that refer to this term and it "does me head in" can you clear it up for me please.
No problems there mate, near side is the drivers side... off side is the passengers side so nearest to the kerb for RHD vehicles I don't know if drivers of LHD vehicle use the same term.
Yes, the left/ right side is confusing sometimes, would that be from the drivers seat, or standing and looking at the front of the vehicle.
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Thankyou, now understand, it's the same as horses, I had my assumption but was never quite sure, as sometime when trying to understand what the odd post is on about, they seems to read like it was opposite to this.
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Halfords...trade club...why are you goin there? go to a motor factor & haggle.
Youll get a better battery probably for less than the trade club price.
Theyd rather discount it rather than let you walk out the door to ****fords
Youll get a better battery probably for less than the trade club price.
Theyd rather discount it rather than let you walk out the door to ****fords
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no it aint! - on a rhd vehicle - offside is drivers side!!!!
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What are you talkin about? Near side is the passenger side nearest the kerb in a RHD vehicle...
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i think you have got it wrong discool,offside is the side of the driver in rhd cars nearside is the passenger side.ie nearest the kerb.
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that told ya .
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Actually if you think about it, offside is always the drivers side, irrespective of RHD or LHD.
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unless you drive a left hooker on the right hand side of the road-ah! the confuser!
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I think you probably mean a left hooker driven on the lhs of the road, as in the UK. In that situation the passenger's side would indeed be the offside.
Is this getting a bit boring for everyone else as well?
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ssmn - yu understand now?
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See what I mean
