brianp38dse
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I seam to remember Saint mentioning it.
It helps if you remove the positive jump start post as well, bit more to take off but worth it I thought when I changed mine and yes lower the car and bonnet in service position plus a helper to take the old one off you and pass the new.
brianp38dse
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Get the engine crane out and hoist it in
Wazzajnr
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Now I know I can get the bonnet vertical I'll be using the forklift to hoist it out!Get the engine crane out and hoist it in
Reviving this thread - I fit a 020 (cutting off the edges to make it fit) and have been chasing a battery drain. The battery is a super tight fit and the positive block is wedged on the side between the battery and body. Could this be causing it? I noticed that the block has some small exposed areas that could be grounding to the body?
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gold rover
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If you are talking about the Bosch there is no need to cut anything to get it to fit. It is a tight fit, with approx 2mm between it and body, but it fits.
Oh and when barging into a room and asking strangers for free help try this
I would think its unlikely to be your drain. But anything is possible.
When I fitted my bigger battery I couldn't get the block in so changed the block so it was horizontal.
J
tomcat59alan
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+1i don't think it would drain,it would be a direct short with severe consequences.
Great thanks for the reply. In that case I’ll discount that. How did you change it to horizontal? Did you fit a new in line fuse?
Wow. A shill on the forum. Unbelievable. I’ve been using this forum for over 6 years. Members post here asking for help from strangers because they can’t find the information elsewhere and the forums are filled with first hand experience. And yes you do have to cut the lips off if you have a mega fuse on one side adding another 5cm to the width, which was the while subject of the question.
THANKYOU for your useless reply. And a real thankyou to those who actually reply with something helpful. It’s valued a lot by enthusiasts like myself who aren’t pro mechanics and would like to keep the FF running.
gold rover
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So outraged, at your lack of manners being pointed out you had to say it twice.
Oh and unless you are hiding under a new/second username you are not a 10 year* member. States you joined 17 Mar 2020
Too funny.
* or is that 6 as you don't seem to know.
I “joined” in 2020 in order to post and HELP OTHER PEOPLE” but I’ve been using the forum since I bought the car years ago. The post posted twice and I’ve been a member for over 10 years on other forums.
I’ve Lack of manners?? How did my original post have a lack of manners?? I, along with members across many forums, thank other members for the advice as they receive it. Not many people thank in advance on a thread that’s a few years old and may not have had any responses. You really are something. And you’re a long standing member? What a wonderful inspiring help you are to the fellow members. Well done for souring my day you sad little man. Crawl back into your hole.
And hiding under a profile? Yours is blocked from being viewed. Scared of consequences for trolling? Oh and by the way, in case you think I’m Swedish because of my profile and you’re being a deliberate t*** because you’re actually a racist, I’m English and I bought the car in Scotland. Bow to Westminster and beg for independene b****.
myfirstl322
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He is a 'she'... although my suspicion is that she is a very
I know, can you even begin to imagine?
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Can’t remember exactly, but it was with all the same bits that were there. Think I had a bit leftover.
ended up looking like this.
J
Ah brilliant. Thanks for that - I’ll take a look and see if I can adapt it. At the very least it’ll eliminate another thing on the journey to a parasitically drain free FF. Many thanks.
