981 flat battery - advice sought

[981Boxess]

Sorted - good choice of battery, if it is good enough for Porsche …..

Out of interest did the one touch windows close need resetting?

[stanlow45]

Good job OP but what a palaver. You’d think they could just have some kind of frunk manual release switch available when you unlock the car.

[ATM]

You missed the 10mm socket for the battery terminals. If you add that above I will delete this.

I recommend putting one foot in the froot if you're not a powerfully built PH Director type with big shoulders.

[981Boxess]

Powerfully built PH director types don’t change batteries, they have a chap to do that for them

[stewieyan]

ATM said:

You missed the 10mm socket for the battery terminals. If you add that above I will delete this.

I recommend putting one foot in the froot if you're not a powerfully built PH Director type with big shoulders.

Cheers, I just used pliers for that which was more convenient, will add.

[stewieyan]

981Boxess said:

Sorted - good choice of battery, if it is good enough for Porsche …..

Out of interest did the one touch windows close need resetting?

Not for me! The car started as if nothing happened.

[ChrisW.]

To lift the old battery out and lift the new battery in ... I put a nylon chopping board into the bottom of the "frunk" and stood on it ... to spread the load.

It's also useful to have somebody on-hand to pass the batteries to / from ... it's a long reach with a 20Kg battery ... particularly since I only weigh 60 Kg's !

[ATM]

stewieyan said:

I just used pliers

Oh
My
God

[ATM]

ChrisW. said:

I put a nylon chopping board into the bottom of the "frunk" and stood on it ... to spread the load.

Totally unnecessary

[ATM]

ATM said:

ChrisW. said:

981Boxess said:

ATM said:

981Boxess said:

That is why he is an accountant!

Why not just leave it alone, why do people assume they know more than a two bob outfit like Porsche?

We are talking about cars that have been running perfectly well for 8+ years and untold miles with what they left the factory with before needing just a new battery.

My problem is I now have more cars than good lead acid batteries. I'm not sure I like the idea of buying more lead acid because they are old and rubbish and need constant charging or juggling or maintenance if you don't use the car/s often.

I have no words.

Do you also syphon petrol from one to the other ? Had you thought of juggling chargers from time to time / buying more chargers / driving the cars more frequently / .... isn't this is in danger of becoming a silly question / wind-up ??

I realise it's a ridiculous problem to have. But luckily this is PH and therefore I am among friends. No one here would dare suggest something as crazy as having less cars. So I soldier on pursuing my dream of having way more cars than my younger self.

Back to the 981 and it's charging profile...

I went to the gym earlier and the dash showed 15.1v. I intended to get a pic but I forgot. On the way home i remembered to get a pic but then it showed 14.9v which seemed less pic worthy. So that's it for the day.

This was a few days ago. It's now more like 2 or 3c here.