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Good choice.
4th Oct 2017 8:07 pm
Ja92mie
Member Since: 16 Sep 2014
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Good to hear, so fully charge the battery and then disconnect and reconnect the new one?
4th Oct 2017 8:09 pm
Mr Kington
Member Since: 12 Dec 2011
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Never charged a new one Pre fitting. Are you meant to do this then ?James favourite hobby is writing in the third person.
4th Oct 2017 8:14 pm
Narpy
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Ja92mie wrote:
Good to hear, so fully charge the battery and then disconnect and reconnect the new one?
Might be advisable to allow the car to go to sleep, then disconnect. Mods:
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4th Oct 2017 8:41 pm
Steve916
Member Since: 13 Aug 2017
Location: Northants
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Did you read the 1st review on that link. Struggled to fit on a D3.
Might have just been a one off though
4th Oct 2017 8:43 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Mine was easy to fit on the D3, just heavy.
4th Oct 2017 8:49 pm
JMack
Member Since: 02 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
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Steve916 wrote:
Did you read the 1st review on that link. Struggled to fit on a D3.
Might have just been a one off though
No problem with mine either.
And yes to charging a 'new' battery.
It will probably be okay, but I bought a new one a few years ago for a Jeep and it was too flat to start it. Took it back to the supplier and the first thing they asked was if I had charged it before fitting.
Also with the Disco being power hungry it best to make sure the battery is fully charged as it's hard to get it fully charged just from driving it.
4th Oct 2017 11:22 pm
Ja92mie
Member Since: 16 Sep 2014
Location: Newquay
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That's great thank you. So the size is ok and it's fits fine? I'm guessing I'll only lose my clock? Everything else should remain?
5th Oct 2017 4:40 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Yep, just reset clock. No radio code.
5th Oct 2017 4:46 pm
tcr4x4
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: England
Posts: 1526
Fitted that exact one to mine recently. No issue except the little vent pipe on the old battery was the bulkhead end and in the new was the other end so had to pull the pipe through a bit.
And it’s advisable to charge before hand, as they might have been sat on a shelf for a year.
Mine took a whole day to reach full charge on a ctek, so much have been pretty low.
5th Oct 2017 5:47 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6565
The shop that sold me by new battery connected a portable power pack to the OBD2 port to provide standby power during the swap. Car didn’t notice a thing.
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