English Mike
Active Member
I jumped on the ol girl this morning, the sun was out, I was all togged up and switched on the main switch, waited fro the red light to extinguish, turned on 'run' waited for the oil pump to do its thing and pressed start and nothing:wall
Jumped off, took the seat off and pressed start with my finger resting on the grey starter relay and it clicked each time I pressed start but nothing else happened. Switched it all off, put it in gear and rocked back and forth in case starter was stuck, no difference, starter relay still clicked in time with pressing start, took out the relay and replaced it, no difference, so put in gear pulled the clutch in and tried to bump start down the drive, because she was cold it was dragging far to much and would not turn over enough to start up. Packed her away and went off to the dealer in the car.
He immediately diagnosed the problem as a duff battery, he gave me a brand new one and when I get home I will try it; it is under warranty for another 5 months so whatever the trouble it will be fixed.
Questions is; does anyone think that it may be the starter, the lights were bright and I have an optimise fitted which puts a trickle charge in when not in use so I was a bit mystified really as it was fine the day before yesterday, no problem at all.
Any thoughts? And do I need to do anything before disconnecting the old battery and putting the new one on?
Thanks
Mike
Jumped off, took the seat off and pressed start with my finger resting on the grey starter relay and it clicked each time I pressed start but nothing else happened. Switched it all off, put it in gear and rocked back and forth in case starter was stuck, no difference, starter relay still clicked in time with pressing start, took out the relay and replaced it, no difference, so put in gear pulled the clutch in and tried to bump start down the drive, because she was cold it was dragging far to much and would not turn over enough to start up. Packed her away and went off to the dealer in the car.
He immediately diagnosed the problem as a duff battery, he gave me a brand new one and when I get home I will try it; it is under warranty for another 5 months so whatever the trouble it will be fixed.
Questions is; does anyone think that it may be the starter, the lights were bright and I have an optimise fitted which puts a trickle charge in when not in use so I was a bit mystified really as it was fine the day before yesterday, no problem at all.
Any thoughts? And do I need to do anything before disconnecting the old battery and putting the new one on?
Thanks
Mike