So that's be *another* one then
 

Side light bulb on the GT I mean.

That's 3 in 15ish months FFS
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Catman > wrote:

> Side light bulb on the GT I mean.
>
> That's 3 in 15ish months FFS

LEDs, YKIMS.

In other news, the 75 has killed its battery. Again. I suspect I should
use it more often.
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So that's be *another* one then
 

On 31/03/2011 12:28, SteveH wrote:
> > wrote:
>
>> Side light bulb on the GT I mean.
>>
>> That's 3 in 15ish months FFS
>
> LEDs, YKIMS.
>

Was thinking that very thing. It's not like these are cheap ones either
(IRO £5 each IIRC)

Do we have a supplier of LED replacements?

> In other news, the 75 has killed its battery. Again. I suspect I should
> use it more often.

The 116 does the same thing.

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Catman > wrote:

> On 31/03/2011 12:28, SteveH wrote:
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Side light bulb on the GT I mean.
> >>
> >> That's 3 in 15ish months FFS
> >
> > LEDs, YKIMS.
> >
>
> Was thinking that very thing. It's not like these are cheap ones either
> (IRO £5 each IIRC)
>
> Do we have a supplier of LED replacements?

No - but you can get them on eBay for not a lot of money - just make
sure they're CANBUS compatible.

> > In other news, the 75 has killed its battery. Again. I suspect I should
> > use it more often.
>
> The 116 does the same thing.

Just ordered a Bosch from BuyPartsBy for half the price of a Halfrauds
battery.
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On 31/03/2011 13:02, SteveH wrote:
> > wrote:
>
>> On 31/03/2011 12:28, SteveH wrote:
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Side light bulb on the GT I mean.
>>>>
>>>> That's 3 in 15ish months FFS
>>>
>>> LEDs, YKIMS.
>>>
>>
>> Was thinking that very thing. It's not like these are cheap ones either
>> (IRO £5 each IIRC)
>>
>> Do we have a supplier of LED replacements?
>
> No - but you can get them on eBay for not a lot of money - just make
> sure they're CANBUS compatible.
>
>>> In other news, the 75 has killed its battery. Again. I suspect I should
>>> use it more often.
>>
>> The 116 does the same thing.
>
> Just ordered a Bosch from BuyPartsBy for half the price of a Halfrauds
> battery.

Ordered some from UltraLED

About the same prices as the usual ones.


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On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:02:20 +0100, (SteveH)
wrote:

>Just ordered a Bosch from BuyPartsBy for half the price of a Halfrauds
>battery.

Bosch I had in the 156 came with a 5 year warranty!

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Zathras > wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:02:20 +0100, (SteveH)
> wrote:
>
> >Just ordered a Bosch from BuyPartsBy for half the price of a Halfrauds
> >battery.
>
> Bosch I had in the 156 came with a 5 year warranty!

This one's a cheapie - so only 3 year warranty.

Trouble is - who keeps the receipt for a battery for 5 years?!
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On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:55:50 +0100, (SteveH)
wrote:

>Trouble is - who keeps the receipt for a battery for 5 years?!

Not everybody keeps a car for 5 years (unlike me).

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Zathras > wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:55:50 +0100, (SteveH)
> wrote:
>
> >Trouble is - who keeps the receipt for a battery for 5 years?!
>
> Not everybody keeps a car for 5 years (unlike me).

I've had the 75 for nearly 9 years now!

Sorted my problems - buypartsby delivered at 8am this morning - not bad
considering I ordered yesterday afternoon, and they quoted 5 days
delivery.

Charged it up for a few hours, then fitted it - and checked the
charging. Multimeter read 12.24 volts at 3k rpm. Not good.

Found a loose wire floating around near the battery - and worked out
that it was an earth wire for something. Attaching this to the -ve
terminal saw 14.4-ish volts at idle, so all seems fine now.
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On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:50:17 +0100, (SteveH)
wrote:

>Found a loose wire floating around near the battery - and worked out
>that it was an earth wire for something. Attaching this to the -ve
>terminal saw 14.4-ish volts at idle, so all seems fine now.

Lucky! Every time that's happened to me over the years, the alternator
has needed attention.

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