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Bobupndown

Member Since: 26 Dec 2014
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2014 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey

Battery change, thought I'd killed it.

So after getting repeated message that system would shut down in 3 minutes and with the car and original battery being 6 1/2 years old I thought it was time for a change before winter. Bought a Varta F17 and fitted it today. Went to start car and nothing, totally dead. Checked battery voltage which was perfect. Put old one back in and still dead. Ffs, thought I'd fried something. After some head scratching, and panicking I realised that there are 2 earth leads, one of which I'd tucked away out of sight. Re connected and normal service resumed Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

25th Oct 2020 7:10 pm

MotionInc

Member Since: 17 Jun 2019
Location: North America
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All's well that ends well.............

25th Oct 2020 9:06 pm

axle

Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: South Yorkshire.
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2007 Freelander 2 i6 HSE Auto Santorini Black

Doesn't that mean that the first one isn't working? Common sense isn't very common.
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25th Oct 2020 9:16 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
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Anyone remember the old days when cars had an earth cable going from the battery to the body and then another from the body to the gearbox? If you forgot to connect the body to gearbox cable after you’d done a clutch or and engine or gearbox change, you’d fry the choke cable pretty quick! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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26th Oct 2020 7:00 am

Bobupndown

Member Since: 26 Dec 2014
Location: Upside down behind the TV!
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axle wrote:
Doesn't that mean that the first one isn't working?

I suspect one of them earths some engine bay modules, there was an electrical 'whine' noise when just 1 connected but everything else, Ignition, interior lights, dash totally dead until I caught on to my silly mistake. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

26th Oct 2020 7:25 am

sid

Member Since: 16 Jul 2015
Location: devon
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2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Stornoway Grey

Steve D wrote:
Anyone remember the old days when cars had an earth cable going from the battery to the body and then another from the body to the gearbox? If you forgot to connect the body to gearbox cable after you’d done a clutch or and engine or gearbox change, you’d fry the choke cable pretty quick!

worse than that,on the vws ithink,if you left it off it cooked the ecu

26th Oct 2020 9:09 pm

CliveS

Member Since: 04 Jun 2016
Location: Littleborough
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2011 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto Zermatt Silver

Steve D wrote:
Anyone remember the old days when cars had an earth cable going from the battery to the body and then another from the body to the gearbox? If you forgot to connect the body to gearbox cable after you’d done a clutch or and engine or gearbox change, you’d fry the choke cable pretty quick!

Or the handbrake cable on a Defender

27th Oct 2020 11:34 am

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