Cappo wrote:

With the bonnet in maintenance position .......

get some one to hold the bonnet while you take either the top or bottom end of both rams off, once the rams are disconnected lift the bonnet to the vertical position. on the hinges you will see a pivot latch which need turning and lifting over the saftey niple to hold the bonnet in place. simples

I fitted the Varta 110ah/920cca on Saturday. Engine turns over nice and bags of power.

To put bonnet in service mode open it normally. Remove small clip at bottom of gas strut and pry strut off - came off easy with a flat screwdriver. Do both sides.
Raise up almost vertical then on each hinge there is a small tab which you push over a securing lug - one each side - this holds the bonnet up.
Reverse process to put it back to normal - a good tip is the clips go back on from bottom of the strut up don't try and push them straight on as it just gets very frustrating  2006 MY Autobiography. With 'toys'
Honda ST1300 Pan European

Gone
Jaguar 3.0 SE X Type
Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird

TJF by the way for anyone who knows what that means.

I would have lost far less skin off the back of my hands if I had known that!!

Paul

Cheers guys - I just fitted my new Bosch S5 in about 10 minutes - 10 pm at night & freezing outside - would have taken at least an hour with much swearing without this thread.

scarey wrote:

...and thats a no quibble guarantee as well...brought mine in 2010 and last year it started to play up so they exchanged it without any messing...

got mine from eurocarparts ...t24res reckons they are giving a discount [15%?] at the moment....

they didnt even check it [obviously they checked the receipt] and just exchanged it ... ..............................




this is handy

They weren't on Monday when I got mine - but I thought £133 was a pretty good price anyway

''battery15'' discount code ....that is what it says on their web site.
cost £113.17 with discount and free delivery if you havnt got a depot near you.. ..............................




this is handy

typical - that's what you get for walking intothe branch and saving them the effort of delivering

scarey wrote:

got mine from eurocarparts ...t24res reckons they are giving a discount [15%?] at the moment....

they didnt even check it [obviously they checked the receipt] and just exchanged it ...

first thing to do when the battery is fitted , is to turn the steering wheel full lock left and then full lock right, this sets the steering parameters ..

re the battery drain, there's a thread or two talking about this .. ..............................




this is handy