COLD DARK ROOM

[ZEROPILOT]

Is it an automatic?
Try it in park and in neutral. It could be the neutral switch.
Also, you'll need to load test the battery. A 12v fully charged battery could still be defective internally.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Most auto parts stores here will load test a battery for free.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

12 volts means nothing without sufficient amperage.

 

[Lyn W]

Is it an automatic?
Try it in park and in neutral. It could be the neutral switch.
Also, you'll need to load test the battery. A 12v fully charged battery could still be defective internally.

No its manual -how do I load test a battery? That's a new one for me.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Me too. Im secretly ticklish.

I will tell everyone.
'Cos i'm a snitch.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You want a load test or a pile test.
It not only measures voltage, but also amperage.
You could maybe save yourself a tow.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Again. I have a tester, but......

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Most auto parts stores here will load test a battery for free.

Make some phone calls

 

[Lyn W]

No its manual -how do I load test a battery? That's a new one for me.

I'll find somewhere to take it.
I asked our biggest car parts + store - Halfords- today if they could look up which relay switch I may need for my car and the poor boy didn't even think they sold them and didn't know what they were - so will give them a miss,

 

[Lyn W]

You want a load test or a pile test.
It not only measures voltage, but also amperage.
You could maybe save yourself a tow.

Make some phone calls

Got it - will do Thanks Ed

 

[ZEROPILOT]

There will be a start relay between your ignition switch and your starter. Sometimes it's a solenoid ON the actual starter. There are also interlock switches such as the neutral switch and there's one on the clutch also. This makes sure that the car won't start in gear and take off down the road.
I'd do the load test first because it's free and it sounds to me like your battery was already on its last leg..

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Not understanding any of this at all.

 

[Lyn W]

There will be a start relay between your ignition switch and your starter. Sometimes it's a solenoid ON the actual starter. There are also interlock switches such as the neutral switch and there's one on the clutch also. This makes sure that the car won't start in gear and take off down the road.
I'd do the load test first because it's free and it sounds to me like your battery was already on its last leg..

It may be - I've not had any trouble with it lately but it is 8 years old and with it standing still for 5 days it won't have kept the charge up through use. I will do that asap.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Sorry. Back to the non mechanical discussions.
Good night guys.
I miss you when I'm gone. Strange but true.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

It may be - I've not had any trouble with it lately but it is 8 years old and with it standing still for 5 days it won't have kept the charge up through use. I will do that asap.

A healthy battery would go ninety days inactive.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Sorry. Back to the non mechanical discussions.
Good night guys.
I miss you when I'm gone. Strange but true.

Not strange at all.
Have a good evening and night.
Come back soon.
Missed you today too.

 

[Lyn W]

Sorry. Back to the non mechanical discussions.
Good night guys.
I miss you when I'm gone. Strange but true.

We miss you too, Ed.
If we don't see you tomorrow good luck with the vet on Monday
Take care and have a good night!

 

[Lyn W]

A healthy battery would go ninety days inactive.

Hmm......dead as a dodo after 5 not good then......

Right operation battery will continue tomorrow..........

 

[Lyn W]

Hmm......dead as a dodo after 5 not good then......

Right operation battery will continue tomorrow..........

Hope it's not a terminal illness!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

A Bradford is a martini that is shaken, not stirred. It should be made with three measures of Gordon's to one Kina Lillett vermouth.
If the martini has two olives on a stick it's called a Franklin. ( after Roosevelt).
If it has a cocktail onion on a stick it's called a Dixon.
And a bloody Mary was originally called a red snapper.
Bond drank 6 measures of gin to one vodka which is technically not a martini, so he gave it his own name, which was a Vespa.
"To Bond the best drink of the day was the one he had in his head before the first drink of the day."
And Casino Royale begins, "Bond lit his eightieth cigarette of the day."