hydraulic oil cost more than derv around £40 for 25L
not the best planwont be trying that then!
) had accidently knocked the urn on when he was rummaging around in the back of it earlier on this week.:doh::doh::doh:
Got home from work and went to shift the landy forwards to reserve the parking..... Bugger... My key fob wasn't working???
I don't really want to p** the neighbours off at 6am by setting the alarm off so I checked the voltage at the jump socket. 0.05v..... WTF???
I nervously unlocked the back door and checked the obvious.... yep..... Some knob jockey (me
Jump starting my landy with my truck would take a while cos my truck is 24v and it takes a while to get the charge high enough to start a 12v vehicle with a big battery (my battery is 1000cca) which would mean having the truck running for quite a while which would again annoy the neighbours. I didn't really want to go for a drive either in case I lost the parking spaces while I was gone. I decided the best course of action was to fit the emergency leisure battery that I keep in the back for just such an occasion.
A quick battery change later and the old girl sprang into life..... I just have to psych myself up now to carry the mahoosive truck size battery the 5 minute walk to my house.
Being the lazy git that I am I haven't bolted the spare battery down either as I know it's only fitted to allow me to move the landy again later when the ballast gets home.
You plank! But at least you can have a cup of tea while you change batterys over?! So every cloud has a silver lining
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