Flattery battery will get you nowhere.
My car made a "hrum-phumb-brr" noise and completely failed to burst into life. Seems that a week of not being driven drained the battery (which seems odd but maybe I left something on)
So I wandered to the hardware store to see if I could buy a charger. He didn't have one. I wandered to the other hardware store to see if I could buy a charger. She did have one. Then all I needed to do was remove my battery. The cables were easy enough to remove. Sadly, there was a tiny little bolt stuck by the side of the battery holding it on. Not enough room to turn a spanner. The local shops don't sell a good range of tools. Just basic cheapies. Still, I did get a selection of spanners. Some the right size (10mm rather than the nearest imperial equivalent) None of them had enough wiggle room.
Reconnected the battery. Set off the alarm. Ooops.
Gave up called the AA. Don't have home start. Maybe I should change my address back to my parents' place.
Asked some helpful Polish neighbours to give me a push start. It didn't work. I ended up in a worse position because I was stuck in a parking bay that I had to get out of before tomorrow morning.
Eventually managed to get the battery out. Blody hell, those things are heavy! What are they made from? Oh yeah... Lead! Lugged it home and plugged it into my charger.
Got bored waiting after a couple of hours. Lugged it back to my car, wired it up. It's alive!!!
I cackled a mad scientist laugh, as I drove Thunderbird around a little to make sure the battery got a little more of a charge.
Tomorrow, I think I need to buy a socket set.
So I wandered to the hardware store to see if I could buy a charger. He didn't have one. I wandered to the other hardware store to see if I could buy a charger. She did have one. Then all I needed to do was remove my battery. The cables were easy enough to remove. Sadly, there was a tiny little bolt stuck by the side of the battery holding it on. Not enough room to turn a spanner. The local shops don't sell a good range of tools. Just basic cheapies. Still, I did get a selection of spanners. Some the right size (10mm rather than the nearest imperial equivalent) None of them had enough wiggle room.
Reconnected the battery. Set off the alarm. Ooops.
Gave up called the AA. Don't have home start. Maybe I should change my address back to my parents' place.
Asked some helpful Polish neighbours to give me a push start. It didn't work. I ended up in a worse position because I was stuck in a parking bay that I had to get out of before tomorrow morning.
Eventually managed to get the battery out. Blody hell, those things are heavy! What are they made from? Oh yeah... Lead! Lugged it home and plugged it into my charger.
Got bored waiting after a couple of hours. Lugged it back to my car, wired it up. It's alive!!!
I cackled a mad scientist laugh, as I drove Thunderbird around a little to make sure the battery got a little more of a charge.
Tomorrow, I think I need to buy a socket set.