Knackered Battery ?????

[johnpbransfield]

Your Fount of knowledge required please.

Roadsport 1800 140 bhp self build last year.

Always started first time without any hesitation.Hitch it upto an Accumate thingy when not in use.

Went to start it yesterday after a decent drive on tuesday,all i got was about 3 seconds of loud ticking and a half turn of the engine.

Battery charger says the battery is full as does the accumate,tried again this morning with the same result.

Any ideas ???

Your help as always is much apreciated.

[Brucey]

John,

 

Snap!

 

Look at my thread below for more info.

 

Bruce

[johnpbransfield]

Thanks for that Brucey,i shall look into the items mentioned on your thread.

Everything still looks pristine on the car and all the connections seem fine,so i think it will come down to the battery which has only done 8000k in 16 months,which is not much of a life !!!!

[Tony C]

Have you checked the elecrolyte level - should just cover the plates - if not, top-up with distilled water. My Banner has some plastic leg things and the electrolyte should just contact the bottom of the leg in each cell.

 

BRG Brooklands SV 😬 It seems that perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

[johnpbransfield]

Tony,thanks for that.

Fluid levels seem ok,about 1/4 inch above the plates but below the legs!!

[Peter G]

Trust you've checked that the battery terminals are tight, and that there's no corrosion etc round the earth straps? Starter motor connections tight etc??

 

Toe down, nose up the windscreen!

 

 

[ftoogood]

Same thing happened to me. and I have an Accumate too.

 

Drove the car to the petrol station to fuel-up and then car wouldn't start.

Called out a recovery people who said it was the starter motor.

 

Hit the starter motor with a hammer and it started. Had some work done on the car at Caterham,

new exhaust and asked them to check out the starter motor. They couldn't find anything wrong.

 

Again went to the petrol station to fuel-up and the car wouldn't start.

Called out a recovery people who said it was the starter motor.

 

Hi the start motor with a hammer and this time it wouldn't start. You can see a pattern starting.

Bought a new starter motor and the got the car working.

 

Again went to the petrol station to fuel-up and the car wouldn't start. Ground-hog day!

This time managed to get the car started after a push.

 

Took off the old battery, which says it has a hull charge on the volt meter and replaced it with a brand new one.

Everything is working fine with many miles covered since.

 

Frankie

www.superseven.cc

 

[Normans_Ghost]

Frankie, use a different petrol station 😬

 

^{Norman Verona, 1989 BDR 220bhp, Reg: B16BDR, Mem No 2166, the full story here}

You and your seven toThe French Blatting Company Limited

[johnpbransfield]

Hi Frankie,

Thanks for your input,have gone down the new battery route as mine has a duff cell.Should be back on the road again tomorrow.

[Brucey]

John,

 

I've just fitted my new Banner battery (£61 😳) and the car started instantly .

 

I also noted that the Banner comes with a 4 year guarantee

 

How old was your battery ?(my old one was 6 years old and is still good enough to power a 12v lead light)

 

Bruce.

 

[johnpbransfield]

Bruce,

Got one today in Bradford £50.37 but only three year warranty.

My previous was only 16 months old with 8000 miles on CC did not want to know as it was over 12 months old,yet agents give a warranty of 3 to 4 years.

Seems like the customer is always wrong in some instances.

Put mine on this evening although only half charged according to the hydrometer it started first time.So back on the road again