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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Bush Tucker Man on April 09, 2006, 21:44:18

Title: Battery Swap
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on April 09, 2006, 21:44:18

It's a daft question perhaps, but;

What precautions would I have to take with regard to the under-seat electronics (& factory fit) alarm when I need to change the battery in my 110
Do I need to use a set of leads & keep a constant voltage to the vehicle during the exchange?

Amazingly for this day & age, I've not been in the position of having to change the battery on any car that's ECU'd before :oops:

Title: Battery Swap
Post by: Richie_EB4 on April 09, 2006, 21:46:51

Just changed one on a 96 disco..........and didnt have any probs........hope this helps a bit.

Title: Battery Swap
Post by: drum on April 09, 2006, 23:04:51

I had the one on my 04 TD5 Defender disconnected while I played with the winch setup before now. No Ill effects.

Title: Battery Swap
Post by: Jimbo on April 10, 2006, 13:27:47

Richard,

Did the battery on my 110 Td5 the other week. You need to loosen the battery connections, then turn the ignition on, then off and then remove the earth connection within 10 secs - think this stops the factory alarm from seeing the power cut as an attempted break in.

Reconnection is straight forward - just connect the earth and live as normal, no need to on/off the ignition.

The hardest bit is actually getting the old battery out of the battery box !

Jim

Title: Battery Swap
Post by: SteveG on April 10, 2006, 15:13:37

Nope apart from having to reset the clock!! :P

Steve :)

Title: Battery Swap
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on April 10, 2006, 15:21:23

Thanks guys.
I had been planning (when the time comes) to use a pair of light gauge cables & crocodile clips on the batteryu leads in order to maintain a constant violtage