Reply to: Jump starting

[Peoplesoft bloke]

The battery (or batteries in some version) was under the back seat in the P4.

Highly amusing.

It is on some E-Class Mercs

[Ignis Fatuus]

Those of you nasty enough to have a BMW may like to know that some of them have jump start points under the bonnet where the battery is in the boot and therefore harder to reach.

VW Beetle was easy, just lift up the back seat. Took a long long time to find if you didn't know that, though.

[doodab]

Oi! It was 1098cc of throbbing, grunting power! Sort of.

Granted though, a 2.6 would've posed more of a challenge.

It would depend on the age, the earlier ones came with smaller engines. Ours was 948cc IIRC. I still have the Haynes manual somewhere.

[VectraMan]

Those of you nasty enough to have a BMW may like to know that some of them have jump start points under the bonnet where the battery is in the boot and therefore harder to reach.

I remember staying at a B&B once where the owner was telling me about his brand new Saab that had just burned down. He'd put his golf clubs in the boot, and according to the insurance company (who were refusing to pay), the metal clubs shorted out the battery and that caused the fire.

[wobbegong]

All 35 hp of it.

Compared with the massive 90hp of the Rover.

. . . and some of those horses were lame!

[wobbegong]

It was ok with a low compression 848cc engine like the Minor had.

It wasn't so funny with a 2.6L 6 cylinder engine like the Rover P4 had.

Especially if the barsteward kicked back.

The Rover manual showed the "keep your thumb in the right place on the starting handle" picture to avoid hospital appointments.

Oi! It was 1098cc of throbbing, grunting power! Sort of.

Granted though, a 2.6 would've posed more of a challenge.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Those of you nasty enough to have a BMW may like to know that some of them have jump start points under the bonnet where the battery is in the boot and therefore harder to reach.

[Scrag Meister]

My neighbour is a Nissan Mechanic and he lent me his battery pack to start my motorbike once and told me to link it to the frame not the terminal due to potential issues with the electronic ignition unit getting blown.

Where there's smoke there's fire.

[suityou01]

Actually I will post a picture, that makes sense. Sorry for the SuitYouisque nature of the thread.

Brillo, Red before black I think is the way to do it, according to manual.

This car is before 2005 so can be jump started, its the post 2005 that cannot be jump started.

Leave me out of this one dude. Being a proper blokey bloke I know how to jump start a car, and even have a few engine rebuilds I have done by hand over the years.

[Troll]

Reported? To whom?

His employers... and the the media

From the same article...

With a bicycle
&
more bizarrely
pavements!

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Wasn't there a guy some years ago who was reported for using his vacuum cleaner for self gratification?

Reported? To whom?

[Troll]

Wasn't there a guy some years ago who was reported for using his vacuum cleaner for self gratification?

[BrilloPad]

In it... never on it - that would be tooooo weird!!

Weird is going to Kings Cross and getting a lady to cover you in whipped cream, put a light bulb where the sun does not shine and then beating you with a salami. Of course that is not me - its my friend. Honest.....

[Troll]

Maybe you could share experiences with Jordan?

Like many men, Jordan Witham is obsessed with his car. But while most boy racers would draw the line at a wax and polish, his obsession has gone into overdrive.

The 20 year old is in love with his Volkswagen Beetle – and has been having sex with it for four years.

Sex with car - Closer Online

It does nothing for me personally - but whatever floats your boat.....

In it... never on it - that would be tooooo weird!!

[BrilloPad]

When I were a lad I used to use the family 2.25 Land Rover 110 as a bonking vehicle

Maybe you could share experiences with Jordan?

Like many men, Jordan Witham is obsessed with his car. But while most boy racers would draw the line at a wax and polish, his obsession has gone into overdrive.

The 20 year old is in love with his Volkswagen Beetle – and has been having sex with it for four years.

Sex with car - Closer Online

It does nothing for me personally - but whatever floats your boat.....