sdkrc Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 My Primera shat itself outside the in-laws. Drove beautifully there but wouldn't start for the trip back. Electrics came on but wouldn't turn over. I know the battery is old and has been brought back from the brink of death with trickle charging so quick trip to Costco in the Visa with an educated* guess of which sized battery I need. One poorly fitted, oversized battery into the Primera later and wham, same problem. Primera abandoned for the night. Picked my mates up for a games night in the Visa - everyone was thoroughly impressed with the poverty. -2C and there was more ice inside the car than out. Used credit cards and drove home with zero visibility. Resolved to get the Primera home somehow, quick Google says it could be a faulty ground. Drove over in the Galaxie with a jumper cable, hooked it up from the negative to the engine block and it fired up first time. Result! Driving the Galaxie after the Visa...my god... No pics of cars but a beautiful sky on my walk home Datsuncog, Scruffy Bodger, Skizzer and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, sdkrc said: Primera abandoned for the night. Picked my mates up for a games night in the Visa - everyone was thoroughly impressed with the poverty. -2C and there was more ice inside the car than out. Used credit cards and drove home with zero visibility. I once tried using a store discount card to remove ice from my windscreen but I only got 20% off. binhoker668, SiC, DeeJay and 23 others 5 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 Visa has shit it's clutch Primera has shit it's electrics Galaxie just keeps stepping up. Bonus day is 31st Jan. Errbody getting new parts. Low Horatio gearbox, LightBulbFun, danthecapriman and 15 others 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Dailying a 1966 Galaxie as the most practical and reliable vehicle on your fleet. Winning at life. Skizzer, Turbowomble, sdkrc and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Well then...explains why the Primera shat itself. Can't get the cable out without getting it up on jacks and removing the undertray. Gah Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, sdkrc said: Well then...explains why the Primera shat itself. Can't get the cable out without getting it up on jacks and removing the undertray. Gah I've a very similar looking charger that does absolutely fuck all charging when the battery reads that low. Have to use the old one to get the battery voltage up to above 10 volt before that one will do anything useful. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy Bodger Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 5 hours ago, busmansholiday said: I've a very similar looking charger that does absolutely fuck all charging when the battery reads that low. Have to use the old one to get the battery voltage up to above 10 volt before that one will do anything useful. I've had exactly the same problem with one of those new chargers a little while back. The old fashioned one, not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 20 hours ago, sdkrc said: Visa has shit it's clutch Primera has shit it's electrics Galaxie just keeps stepping up. Bonus day is 31st Jan. Errbody getting new parts. You sir must have an enormous pair of plums for using a car like this through winter! Fair play. I shit my panties at the first sight of road salt or drop of rain! I am shame. Amishtat and sdkrc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Drove to the gym and motorway route was closed. Not a fan of the attention through town Lights started to flick on/off violently so that's 3/3 fucked cars now. Just have to make it home without anyone seeing my fucked lights...hmm I think it was PhilA who said it's gonna be the switch. Serves me right for not solving that right away Split_Pin, captain_70s and RobT 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I don't like driving Huggy in the dark because he still only has one headlight. Also the instrument lighting is rubbish. It's just life with old cars! sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Fuck it. Groceries too. And a short tunnel with some pro-Tory advertising Low Horatio gearbox, Amishtat, egg and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Have you tried wiggling the fuck out of the switch? sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 I've wiggled the bollocks off it. Needs to be taken apart and shouted at. Oddly enough a security guard stopped me to talk about cars tonight and said he loves triumph dolomites...wtf paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 10 minutes ago, sdkrc said: I've wiggled the bollocks off it. Needs to be taken apart and shouted at. Bummer. Quote Oddly enough a security guard stopped me to talk about cars tonight and said he loves triumph dolomites...wtf Poor senile auld bastard. paulplom, sdkrc, Amishtat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Sorry to hear about car woes. I feel your pain. Only 1/4 of my fleet doesn't have some sort* of issue (Audi). *ones which can't easily be ignored. That was indeed some sunset last Sunday too, I was lucky enough to be outside for most of the time it was there. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 11:42 AM, busmansholiday said: I've a very similar looking charger that does absolutely fuck all charging when the battery reads that low. Have to use the old one to get the battery voltage up to above 10 volt before that one will do anything useful. Holy shit. 3 days charging and we're at 7.2v. RIP I can't tell if it's the battery that's guffed or the charger but @busmansholiday's experience makes me think it ain't the brand new battery. Surely 1 complete discharge wouldn't brick a new battery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 minute ago, sdkrc said: Holy shit. 3 days charging and we're at 7.2v. RIP I can't tell if it's the battery that's guffed or the charger but @busmansholiday's experience makes me think it ain't the brand new battery. Surely 1 complete discharge wouldn't brick a new battery? Nope, the TF battery got down to three volts because the alarms on these don't ever turn off. That charger wouldn't touch it. Overnight on an old, not regulated one had the battery up and running again. It still is, 6 months later. Those chargers are good for trickle charging full batteries, they are, in my opinion, fucking useless for anything else. Scruffy Bodger, Talbot and sdkrc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 It's because the charger is probably thinking it's a 6v motorcycle battery. You need to get the voltage to around to 9v for it to properly detect it. Best method is using a 12v power supply. However you could do it dangerously by jumping it onto a good battery in parallel... Probably wouldn't recommend doing that though. Maybe tapping the clip onto the terminal rather than clamping. You don't need much, just enough surface charge to get it up to 9 volts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 On the broken earth strap, is there another place easier to get to for attaching a new strap? https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/starter-solenoid-lead-15-BAR574 sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_ZTT Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I've just picked up a newfangled battery charger, it has a "force" mode button you can use to override the usual safety/detection stuff and then it will work fine on a discharged battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I've a more significant charger you can borrow, it's successfully charged some well dead batteries. I'll chuck it in the car for tomorrow. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 You don't have to have reversing lights unless the car was registered on or after January 2009. Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong but pretty sure that's right. As of 01/09/2009 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mot-changes-20-may-2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 7:45 PM, captain_70s said: Have you tried wiggling the fuck out of the switch? That and going to town with the high/low beam switch- is it still on the floor? If so don't forget the other side of it gets all manner of shit thrown at it by the front wheel, now no longer on the dry side of the road, either. Also your switch may have a bimetallic overload cutout- the contacts on those get crappy after a while and just need a good cleaning with abrasive paper to make work again, and no amount of switch wiggling fixes it. Sometimes reaching up, burning your fingers and moving the contacts that way can bring light back briefly. Sounds like the latter may be the culprit, as the contacts get bad they make more heat and the overload cutout starts to act like a turn signal blinker unit. Phil sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 On 12/15/2019 at 8:55 AM, lesapandre said: Parts: Rock Auto: https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ford,1967,galaxie I'm just trying to order some parts and the thought has just crossed my mind, this was built in '66 but is it a '67 model because 'America'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 Battery has been revived thanks to @captain_70s. The trickle charger does work, but only beyond 11v. busmansholiday, egg, Datsuncog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 16 hours ago, sdkrc said: I'm just trying to order some parts and the thought has just crossed my mind, this was built in '66 but is it a '67 model because 'America'? Quite possibly, best to check the vin. Most parts will carry over between years but Sod's law not the one you're ordering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 VIN says 66 too. I've gone balls deep and committed to a new switch and a workshop manual for the 66. Visa is gonna be all clutched up soon. Gonna have to have the lads at the garage dig into my pockets and give it a shot Primera is still goosed even with a new and charged battery. I've ordered fuses. Bimmer is earning it's keep. I took her for a clean at Tesco's at 2am because that's what she deserves. Also tried to solve the wobble at 55mph+ by switching the spare wheel around and managed to lose the locking wheel nut. Minor improvements but nothing to write home about. Gonna treat her to an alignment, two new rear tyres and discs. Next to find out about the timing chain and tensioners...sounds like this could be expensive RobT, Six-cylinder, paulplom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, sdkrc said: VIN says 66 too. I've gone balls deep and committed to a new switch and a workshop manual for the 66. Visa is gonna be all clutched up soon. Gonna have to have the lads at the garage dig into my pockets and give it a shot Primera is still goosed even with a new and charged battery. I've ordered fuses. Bimmer is earning it's keep. I took her for a clean at Tesco's at 2am because that's what she deserves. Also tried to solve the wobble at 55mph+ by switching the spare wheel around and managed to lose the locking wheel nut. Minor improvements but nothing to write home about. Gonna treat her to an alignment, two new rear tyres and discs. Next to find out about the timing chain and tensioners...sounds like this could be expensive Springburn Tesco, you must be quite close to me. I'm about 2 minutes drive away ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 It's a force of habit using that Tesco's. My missus is fae Royston and we're in sunny Dennistoun. My new favourite key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 Right. Galaxie stuff. Finger = out of my ass I took apart the entire dash only to realise there's a spring loaded pin that, when pushed down, releases the switch. Either way it's finally out and there's a lot of copper oxide Clock was made in 65. I don't think this needs anything other than a working wire to it RobT, SiC, brownnova and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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