landyho · Feb 26, 2014

HELLO EVERYONE.
Off to Devon in a few weeks to resure my poor old series3,which has sat in a soggy field since last august!
once jumpstarted[?] how long to charge battery?
also advice for lowering tyre pressure for the wet,soggy terrain going uphill to a soft track going on for half a mile?
also tyre pressure for when back on road?
thanks everyone.

Jonnyb1990 · Feb 26, 2014

landyho said:
HELLO EVERYONE.
Off to Devon in a few weeks to resure my poor old series3,which has sat in a soggy field since last august!
once jumpstarted[?] how long to charge battery?
also advice for lowering tyre pressure for the wet,soggy terrain going uphill to a soft track going on for half a mile?
also tyre pressure for when back on road?
thanks everyone.

Wouldnt turn it off for at least an hour

brian47 · Feb 26, 2014

Jonnyb1990 said:
Wouldnt turn it off for at least an hour

+1 and don't let it just tick-over, try to keep the revs up around 1200 to 1500 rpm.

Oldseadog · Feb 26, 2014

Before you do anything give all the electrics a good squirt of WD40 and leave for 210 minutes, then fire her up.

Check that your battery treminals are OK.

You would be as well to drive straight off and run around for half an hour or so,

Drop your tyre pressures down to about 16psi for the soft stuff and once you are back on the hard push them up to 28 psi front and 32psi rear and you'll not go far wrong.

Jonnyb1990 · Feb 26, 2014

landyho said:
HELLO EVERYONE.
Off to Devon in a few weeks to resure my poor old series3,which has sat in a soggy field since last august!
once jumpstarted[?] how long to charge battery?
also advice for lowering tyre pressure for the wet,soggy terrain going uphill to a soft track going on for half a mile?
also tyre pressure for when back on road?
thanks everyone.

30psi should be around the ball park once on the road,

If you can, recover it, dont try and drive out, being "sat in a muddy field" tires may have perished,

Like I said before, 1 hour as a minimum, leave a brick or rig a spade on the pedal so it idles around 2000rpm,

Take a spare battery on the chance its completely ruined from winter weather,

If your lucky, an LZ member could help you recover it

flat · Feb 26, 2014

off road you could try dropping your tyres to 15 psi

DIFFLOCK66 · Feb 26, 2014

Jonnyb1990 said:
Like I said before, 1 hour as a minimum, leave a brick or rig a spade on the pedal so it idles around 2000rpm,

Did Series 3s come with a hand throttle or was that just earlier models?

blue beasty · Feb 26, 2014

DIFFLOCK66 said:
Did Series 3s come with a hand throttle or was that just earlier models?

My doozal did

Oldseadog · Feb 26, 2014

My doozil did anorl

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Leaks an prone to bits dropping off

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