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Ha! Thanks! I’m using it as a daily so our agreement is ‘just be drivable and I will keep putting the pedal lock on at night’. Really enjoying learning. I could barely change a tire, now I’ve bought overalls and they’re dirty.

3 months now. 3 long beautiful months.

Both one of the best and worst decisions I’ve

Both one of the best and worst decisions I’ve made.

Interesting interesting. Looks to me like different feeds but I’ll investigate. Picture attached. It’s obviously been running with them (barely) but I’m wondering if my headlight issues may stem from a struggling fuse.

Next - fuses. Apparently I’ve got five of them in a quickly placed, very lidless box in the engine compartment. 4x16a, 1x35. One of the 16’s is on its way out (headlights). I’ve read that all series fuses were originally 35a!? Any reason why the previous owner would have gone for lower, besides...

Think I got to the bottom of this one chaps. In the end it was a combination of a bad connection and the Earth from the isolator switch not having the minerals. Cleaned and replaced and now ‘Trig’ fires up in the mornings. Thanks for the all the help/advice. I’m now an Earth Rookie+

It’s a series 2a (1966) previous owner converted to a 300tdi so guessing he moved the battery for lack of space. Strangely didn’t put it under the passenger seat but opted for behind the passenger seat, in the tub.

This is almost verbatim. When I told him the battery was in the back, he nearly choked on his chuppa chup.

Makes a lot of sense. Thanks Kermit!

Ha! I’m choosing to have faith in Gerald. For now.

A further question - the earth from the battery, to the trans has a 2inch exposed section. Guessing that’s meant to be clamped to the chasis? It’s currently hanging free, collecting road juice.

The nice man at Halfords got his testing kit out and assured me it’s not the battery. This was a month or so ago and I’ve since installed an isolator switch thinking something was drawing pre ignition. Pretty sure it’s the starter or earth.

Will try that, thanks. Would a warmer engine be more forgiving to earthing issues?

Thanks for jumping in everyone. I’ve tested the battery, seems in good shape. Sounds like it’s probably the starter - I’ll clean up the connections and go from there.

Hi all, As the title suggests, Earth and electricity newbie here. Question: does temperature affect earthing? Context: Been having some issues recently. I’ve cleaned up some of the earth connections and relays (previous owner installed loads), most of the problems with lights etc are better...