The day we've all been waiting for: the new battery for the eSpace has arrived! With bated breath Tim connected it up via the jump leads (we're still trying to find cheap battery terminals as the current ones are the wrong type) and with his heart pounding turned the key.... and nothing happened! NO!!!!!!!!!!
With a stroke of what can now only be described as 'genius', Tim temporarily fitted the new battery directly into the eSpace as he couldn't comprehend why a brand new battery was dead.... Again with a mixture of anticipation and blind panic he turned the key one more time..... and bingo she started up like a dream!
After phoning me to give the good news I suggested we give the scrap yard battery another go, using Tim's new installation setup. And what do you know - started first time!
So many swear words later I decided (with the benefit of hindsight its obvious) that the jump leads must be faulty (despite them being brand new and still wrapped when I was given them).
In a call to our 'technical consultant' (my uncle Danny) he explained that the leads probably aren't faulty at all, but they're just not rated high enough - then the penny dropped and it dawned on me why the jump leads were getting so hot yet the car wouldn't start - they're not letting enough current through! So given time, they'd have probably melded like fuse wire - oops!
So we're now £50 out of pocket, with 2 working batteries! We're torn between selling it on eBay or sending it back to the seller (which minus the postage should give us £40ish back). But that £40 would go a long way to covering the MOT cost (if not all of it if we find a deal).
Why is life this cruel!
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