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Author Topic: So what have you done to your car today?  (Read 5702757 times)

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24285 on: 31 August 2022, 20:16:09 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 31 August 2022, 19:42:24
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 August 2022, 13:31:19
Car now on driveway.  Battery as flat as a witches tit, so suspect thats shagged

That'll be all that electricity you insist on cramming into the poor thing.  ::)  :P
Clearly didn't put enough in ;D

Its been on the fastest charge my charger can muster for the last 7hrs, so hopefully the battery is recoverable.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24286 on: 31 August 2022, 20:16:24 »
Quote from: henryd on 31 August 2022, 14:09:45
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 August 2022, 13:31:19
Car now on driveway.  Battery as flat as a witches tit, so suspect thats shagged

What made it break down in the first place ?
Alternator
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24287 on: 31 August 2022, 20:25:21 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 August 2022, 20:16:24
Quote from: henryd on 31 August 2022, 14:09:45
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Car now on driveway.  Battery as flat as a witches tit, so suspect thats shagged

What made it break down in the first place ?
Alternator

Denso by any chance ?
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24288 on: 31 August 2022, 20:41:07 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 August 2022, 20:16:24
Quote from: henryd on 31 August 2022, 14:09:45
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Car now on driveway.  Battery as flat as a witches tit, so suspect thats shagged

What made it break down in the first place ?
Alternator

I've always wondered why you're always putting electricity in it and it turns out that you've been going round with a shagged alternator?  ???  ::)

Don't tell Mrs TB.  She'll remove your nads!  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24289 on: 01 September 2022, 08:07:33 »
Quote from: henryd on 31 August 2022, 20:25:21
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 August 2022, 20:16:24
Quote from: henryd on 31 August 2022, 14:09:45
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Car now on driveway.  Battery as flat as a witches tit, so suspect thats shagged

What made it break down in the first place ?
Alternator

Denso by any chance ?
Not looked, but believe its likely.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24290 on: 01 September 2022, 08:12:32 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 31 August 2022, 20:41:07
I've always wondered why you're always putting electricity in it and it turns out that you've been going round with a shagged alternator?  ???  ::)

Don't tell Mrs TB.  She'll remove your nads!  ;D
When we had 3 cars, pre Chinese Sniffle, one - usually the Battlebus - would go weeks on end unused.  And the Battlebus needed lots of electricity due to knackered (sheared) glowplugs.  That said, it never, ever failed to start.

During and since the pandemic, my car doesn't get used much at all.  And if its not used for more than about 10 days, it will go on charge.

Batteries don't like to be left in a partially discharged state ;)


So, yeah, I have had my money's worth from this charger ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24291 on: 01 September 2022, 11:15:28 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 01 September 2022, 08:07:33
Quote from: henryd on 31 August 2022, 20:25:21
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 August 2022, 20:16:24
Quote from: henryd on 31 August 2022, 14:09:45
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 August 2022, 13:31:19
Car now on driveway.  Battery as flat as a witches tit, so suspect thats shagged

What made it break down in the first place ?
Alternator

Denso by any chance ?
Not looked, but believe its likely.

Denso suffer a lot of fails in Disco3-4 applications too ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24292 on: 01 September 2022, 13:33:04 »
Quote from: henryd on 01 September 2022, 11:15:28
Quote from: TheBoy on 01 September 2022, 08:07:33
Quote from: henryd on 31 August 2022, 20:25:21
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 August 2022, 20:16:24
Quote from: henryd on 31 August 2022, 14:09:45
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 August 2022, 13:31:19
Car now on driveway.  Battery as flat as a witches tit, so suspect thats shagged

What made it break down in the first place ?
Alternator

Denso by any chance ?
Not looked, but believe its likely.

Denso suffer a lot of fails in Disco3-4 applications too ::)
I suspect the replacement will be Wang Tang Chang from Ching Chong Chinaland ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24293 on: 01 September 2022, 17:14:57 »
Got a value on the Subaru today  out of curiousity as WBAC have a portakabin in Sainsbury's , paid £2800 for it 5 years ago offered me £3600 for it seemed good but SWMBO will not let it go.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24294 on: 01 September 2022, 17:40:48 »
It will soon be cheaper to buy new batteries than to keep charging them up.  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24295 on: 01 September 2022, 17:47:12 »
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 01 September 2022, 17:40:48
It will soon be cheaper to buy new batteries than to keep charging them up.  ;D
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You're right there if the stories I've been reading are true there won't be many businesses left, one publican in Wales today said in order to pay his monthly outgoings he would have to charge £6 a pint , obviously he is having to close down.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24296 on: 07 September 2022, 09:26:15 »
Picked the car up, complete with its new alternator and yet another new aux belt.

I wasn't brave enough to drive it too the Wimpy to meet bro, so took Mrs TB's car ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24297 on: 07 September 2022, 13:58:40 »
Put the newer battery back in at lunchtime - I had put the older one that I originally took out 3 years ago temporarily whilst I charged the newer one up and tested it.

Alternator kicking out 14.65v :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24298 on: 07 September 2022, 23:16:20 »
Had to put electricity in the Omega. Hadnt used it for a week and found there wasnt enough electricity for the c/l to unlock the doors.  ::)
New battery required soon I expect.  :(
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #24299 on: 08 September 2022, 07:55:42 »
Hitched the caravan up to it for a few days in Buxton, great walking area , few drinks & meals out while pubs & restaurants still exist.
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