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Try a number plate sale company. Out of curiosity I enquired how much it would be to buy my own number. One company replied to say it was on their data base as 'For Sale'. It wasn't me so possibly a previous owner ?

All sorted now!! I spent some time wire brushing then wet sanding the area where the chassis number was supposed to be. Eventually after a few hours I managed to make out a very faint number. Did an HPI Check on the reg number and entered the vin...

sounds like my ideal job, like you am in IT and looking for a way out when i've had enough. also a motorhome owner so know the pain you are going through with maintenance etc. One thing that may help, if you don't do it already, is to get a set...

Started a new job yesterday. I'm doing pre delivery checks on campervan rentals. Never done anything like this before, been working with computers for 40 years! They wanted a reliable practical handi-man type person, so my "10 years keeping my...

I suppose the £30 quid fitting works for some models. My daughter’s battery recently died and I took it out to recharge it. On putting it back in I had to go through her handbook to erase the numbers that kept flashing up on the dashboard. Window...

I was feeling quite smug there until you got to the clutch. 30 or 40 years ago, perhaps ? With regard to Halfords, my Wife paid £25 to have them change the battery on her late model Zafira, money well spent in my opinion.

There are many people out there that don't know how to use a spanner, the fact that you do and that you are willing to change a battery yourself, puts you into a minority. If you know how to, and are willing to, change a shock absorber or brake...

What stood out for me here is that Halfords wanted £30 Quid to fit a Series battery ! Two spanners, job done ?

Don't know if this will help but a couple of years ago my 2a would spin over slowly only if it had a fully charged battery after checking connections and replacing starter solenoid I tried starter with good jump cables direct to a battery...

Yes no broken bits yet ! The string bags on the headlining are held with plastic studs and coarse thread nuts. I sprayed them with silicone spray before undoing to prevent studs breaking off and retightened to 0 Nm !!

OK will do! First bit of health and safety advice. This morning I appear to have minute shards of fibre glass in my hands. Must be from the roof board which looked harmless enough. Gloves to be worn !!!

If the aux belt breaks or comes off on an FL2 does the very clever electrikery stop the engine running ??

Have you checked the oil level? Experience tells me some mechanics have trouble reading a dip stick! (or don't bother, just bung in what they think is right and maybe make mistakes doing that!) Sounds like it could be a drive/fan/aux belt issue...

Probably using 1 of the "quality" battery testers they sell inhouse. :rolleyes: Using "highly trained" operatives. :rolleyes:

So did Halfords check the amount of charge or the capacity ? When I have used Halfords in the past, they did both.

Unless you check it, or replace it, as previously advised a couple of times now, we’ll never know!

Step-1: Buy the DC Clamp meter recommended by Alibro above. Step-2: Don't try putting a multimeter in-line with the battery feed unless you know what you're doing. Use the clamp meter & note the value after the car is off & locked for at...

All I can tell you is the orange connector is for the Airbag.

So 12.2 is a bit low for a static battery. Has the Hazard light illumination gone out ? If this has not gone out then the car is still awake.

First stop, have you checked the battery drain since you solved the bonnet issue ? Now, gotta be honest, I know the principle of parasitic draw. You place your multi meter across the battery post and disconnected lead and read milliamps. Pull...

The "approximately a year old" comment from the seller probably means someone cleaned the battery to make it look newer !! +1 do the simple overnight voltage check above with the battery disconnected. Also getting Halfords to check its...

It’s amazing what you find when you are forced to look hard. I have a tow bar and fittings but I am sure there are no wires. Dammit now I’ll have to check. When I was scrambling underneath her last week I found an old earth lead still neatly...

Do you have tow bar electrics ? My RHR indicator failed to work off the switch, despite having ground and feed. Going through the wiring I found an unused towbar loom. Once disconnected - Voila'. Don't ask me why.

As Tottot says follow the diagram above. If you can print it off it helps but if you keep a systematic approach ticking over in your head and start with the big boys, (battery/alternator/starter), use the masking tape or sharpie pen idea to track...

Having spent a few hours scrambling around underneath mine and some awkward nooks and crannies I found, mostly for my sanity, that a bit of blue or green masking tape wrapped around or just stuck on all the terminals or connections I had checked...

yes why wasn't it working? probably earth if you disconnect it again does the problem go away? I bet it does

Where various lights come on unexpectedly I’ve found it’s poor earths, If you have the wiring diagram , the colours very simple to identify so it would have been either live or negative issue . So remaking the earths around the front grille...

If in doubt, check the earth's

Redo the earths should help

Regarding the bonnet, it appears to be locking properly. I haven’t seen the bonnet warning message for several weeks now, @Shedload. One question: is it safe to insert a paperclip into the bonnet sensor switch and lock the car with the bonnet...