Heyupluv
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Hi......this may be of Help........................or it may not
I have a 2008 Fiat 130 Multi jet........(Now this happened once last year and then it was ok all through the year)....It has happened three times this year in three weeks over the winter period...gone to start the engine ...would not start totally flat....not even a light on the dash board....so had to jump start from my 2.0 ltr diesel car ....run the motorhome for about 60 miles, left it for a week flat again...as I changing in March/April for my new motorhome I thought I would change the battery....gone to check the size of the battery L,H,W and to check the Ah if I could see it without removing the battery until I had the new one........ I thought while I was looking best check the connections on the pillars........the PILLAR CONNECTION of the short EARTH CABLE from the body work......was something like a nylon cam click type connection ..... meaning you pull this small lever arm over and when it gets passed a point it locks itself.......well guess what mine was not locked as the connection needed twisting about 25mm one way to allow it to lock......tried the ignition/ engine after over a week....AND HEY-PRESTO THE ENGINE STARTED... has that been my problem lets hope so
what a stupid type of connection for a battery, what happened to the bolt clamp type
Mel:thumb:
The battery is just under the drivers rubber foot well mat held by three large half turn screws, then undo the steel plate held with one nylon screw....there is the battery
I have a 2008 Fiat 130 Multi jet........(Now this happened once last year and then it was ok all through the year)....It has happened three times this year in three weeks over the winter period...gone to start the engine ...would not start totally flat....not even a light on the dash board....so had to jump start from my 2.0 ltr diesel car ....run the motorhome for about 60 miles, left it for a week flat again...as I changing in March/April for my new motorhome I thought I would change the battery....gone to check the size of the battery L,H,W and to check the Ah if I could see it without removing the battery until I had the new one........ I thought while I was looking best check the connections on the pillars........the PILLAR CONNECTION of the short EARTH CABLE from the body work......was something like a nylon cam click type connection ..... meaning you pull this small lever arm over and when it gets passed a point it locks itself.......well guess what mine was not locked as the connection needed twisting about 25mm one way to allow it to lock......tried the ignition/ engine after over a week....AND HEY-PRESTO THE ENGINE STARTED... has that been my problem lets hope so
what a stupid type of connection for a battery, what happened to the bolt clamp type
Mel:thumb:
The battery is just under the drivers rubber foot well mat held by three large half turn screws, then undo the steel plate held with one nylon screw....there is the battery
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