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Originally Posted by talkingcars
You can get an Exide for £52.50 if you use the discount code.
They quote "Capacity 680 cca" when I ask for a battery for my car.
However I'd check the earht first, just connect a jump lead between the battery and the earthpoint on your gearbox and see what it does.
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Where's the earth point on the gearbox. Can't I just connect the jump lead from the neg terminal to the earth point on the slam panel?
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Originally Posted by petet16
As said elsewhere, also try the voltage with some load applied, headlights, blower motor.
The static voltage and charging voltage look fine to me.
If the problem occurs again it will be worth checking the battery voltage just to see if it has discharged, or if the problem lies elsewhere, you can use your jump leads to temporarily provide an alternative earth for the engine, and battery.
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I will give that a try Pete, checked it again an hour ago and the figures are 12.9 (ish) and 14.3 (ish) with the car running. looks like it's holding the charge. I am a little worried as to what else could of caused this as the earth point from battery to slam panel looks good to me. Unless there's another earth I can't see. There is no earth coming off the starter motor, well that I can see anyway.
Any ideas??
I did move the charcoal filter when looking at the access I would need to do gearbox oil. Don't know if that would affect anything?