omegod Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Shifting a car using the starter motor, which gear is best/least likely to cause grief ? Neet to shift an Omega down the side of my house and it won't run I'm certainly not pushing 1700kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Shifting a car using the starter motor, which gear is best/least likely to cause grief ? Neet to shift an Omega down the side of my house and it won't run I'm certainly not pushing 1700kg First or reverse will be the best for not killing the starter xtriple 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 As said, 1st or reverse is best; as long as you don't operate the starter for more than 10 seconds at a time and allow at least a minute to cool down between uses it will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 205 insurance, anyone got suggestions for cheap cover? Normal insurance is really high on these so try classic cover if at all possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Shifting a car using the starter motor, which gear is best/least likely to cause grief ? Neet to shift an Omega down the side of my house and it won't run I'm certainly not pushing 1700kgI've done this on many occasions and it depends if its uphill or on the level.If its uphill then agreed with others 1st or second. If not too steep, 3rd.Also depends on how good the starter and battery are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Fucksake. Think this van battery is buggered (or the charger is) it seems to have got to 9.5v and given up. Bet they’re eleventy gazillion pounds too because it’s FUCKING MASSIVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 About 110 for something decent I’d guess Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Stay with the car, if they'll let you then you may as well work the controls while they check rather than their assistant.Just explain it's a bit of an oddity, I think a sterling lock that doesn't is a fail though.Apparently working steering lock only needed (for MOT) on post 2001 cars 3VOM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Is a buggered up partially dismantled KV6 worth anything? Thinking of just taking it further to bits and scrapping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 What would the usual battery draw on a car when parked? I look after a 2000 530d BMW which flattens the battery if left for a few days, used daily it's fine. "Asleep" with boot open but latched and passenger door open but switch held in it draws 0.18A. Too much? Before I start pulling fuses what would be normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 How long after it's parked? Alarms etc often drop to a standby state several mins after the car is locked etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 16mins for an e39, quite a lot of the 45 fuses under the dash "wake" it up when you put them back in so it was tedious process pulling them one by one to isolate the drain. BMW forum says don't waste your time with boot fuses, none are live in sleep mode. So after I went through the dash fuses without winning I went to the boot ones and first one dropped it from 0.18A to 0.02A. Bingo. Auxiliary Heater? I didn't even know it had one, the floor guards are all still in place and sure as shit the owner won't miss it with the fuse pulled.Thanks for the thought, I'm not so good with these Amps, Ohms etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 0.18A draw depletes a battery by 0.18Ah in an hour. So a 40Ah battery (rough figure) will be completely flat in 222 hours or 9 days. However the reality is, once you go more than around 50-75% discharge the battery won't have enough energy left to start the car. Which would tie in to what you're seeing. The capacity of a battery will reduce over time as it ages too. spike60 and Talbot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Need to do some investigation like this on my van once I have a working battery again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 This would about fit, the 85ah battery new last year would drop to 75% in 4.9 days if I got my sums right. It doesn't discharge fully, been there with the FSU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Are Yuasa batteries any good? Needs an 020 110Ah and they are £130-£160 at ECP, £100 for a Yuasa with 5 year warranty at Halfords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Keep the warranty card, but they're probably a decent budget buy. Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 .There was a question on Yuasa batteries on here about a month ago with a lot of answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella2 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I can't get my head round why your van would need a battery that big, that's nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 .There was a question on Yuasa batteries on here about a month ago with a lot of answers Yes. Battery chat starts here: http://autoshite.com/topic/30544-stupid-question-amnesty/?p=1385270 , or skip forward to the Yuasa question http://autoshite.com/topic/30544-stupid-question-amnesty/?p=1385715 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I want to tackle the rusty non crunchy blebs on my Rover, what's the best way to do it? Sand it down and whack some rust converter on it or something else?I've never done this sort of thing before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Can anyone see what options were put on a Fiat Panda Mrs the Princess is looking at on eBay? She really would like one with the optional side airbags and esp. The reg is LC06HSD. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Can anyone recommend a supplier of black and silver pressed plates that are flexible about receiving the documentation? I would rather not wait a week for the documents to get to them and then have them made but I'm also tight and don't want to spend £50 at the local factors EDIT: It would appear that the digital image is suitable for 'documents need to be with us' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I want to tackle the rusty non crunchy blebs on my Rover, what's the best way to do it? Sand it down and whack some rust converter on it or something else?I've never done this sort of thing before.Wait until early summer at least before tackling it. Grind it back, rust convertor then fill it over the bare metal. If its not somewhere too visable, stonechip it after you've rust converted it. bramz7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Someone I know had to have several months off work, apparently after being run over by their own car. Seemed a bit far fetched, but it can happen and with potentially fatal results. But today they were telling me the details of said accident, which caused my BS alarm to go haywire. It was an automatic BMW (don't know which type, but it would have been a Motability car so nearly new) that they state was left in Park but the electronic handbrake failed and it rolled back. As far as I know, this would be impossible. Even if the handbrake did fail, I've never heard of a parked automatic jumping out of gear, not to mention it would have then also had to build enough momentum to have knocked them down and gone over their back. They say BMW investigated and found no fault and they can't afford to take legal action. So is there any conceivable way this scenario could happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Very modern BMW? Modern auto shifters aren't physically connected to the gearbox. All done electrically. So I could see it plausible if the shifter didn't get the signal to the box. What is more plausible (to me) though is that could have been left in Neutral and the electronic handbrake not left on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 It would have been less than 3 years old. But I've never heard of an automatic you can switch off when not in park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Most of the ones I've driven you can turn off in neutral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 All the ones I've driven won't let you take the key out though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 BMW are keyless but I think they select park when you turn them off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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