Rather pleased with myself

[FUBAR]

Needed a new battery for the Cerb, so tootled off down to Halfwits to get an 072 (as per several threads on here )

Young girl at the counter...

"Hello, Id like a battery for my car please

Yes sir, what make and model?

A TVR Cerbera

Oh, right , Erm, sorry, what?

A TVR Cerbera

How do you spell that?

C E R B E R A

Hmm, cant see it? Which model Subaru did you say?

No love, its a T V R C E R B E R A

Nope, not on our system :dontknow:

Do you have an 072?

Yup, loads of them.

OK, thanks, just the one please."

Bloomin eck! Bought the 072 on blind faith and here we have the reason for the post. I, yes me, fitted the new battery all by my lonesome (mostly ) and the car starts

As I said, rather please with myself

[cerbielee]

Well done mate! had a good chuckle at that post as been there myself! (what subaru sir?) Cheeky gits! is there any other procedure i should know about? other than take off the scuttle and disconnect both terminals on the battery?
Lee

[Steve_T]

Yep, make sure you get a battery with the terminals the right way round.

[jeremyc]

Steve_T said:

Yep, make sure you get a battery with the terminals the right way round.

What Steve is trying to say is that there was a 50:50 chance of Fubar's being FUBAR'ed.

[smrc426]

My Dad refuses to tell the people in Halfrauds what kind of car its for. He says "If I tell you, you will just say no!" He has a look round the batteries and pics 1 and takes it to the counter. Its like with my race car, I need to buy an oil filter for a Ford Transit but also plugs and cam belts for an Alfa Sud! Same car, same engine! Its just got an external oil filter!

[cerbielee]

jeremyc said:

Steve_T said:

Yep, make sure you get a battery with the terminals the right way round.

What Steve is trying to say is that there was a 50:50 chance of Fubar's being FUBAR'ed.

????? what?

[cerbielee]

jeremyc said:

Steve_T said:

Yep, make sure you get a battery with the terminals the right way round.

What Steve is trying to say is that there was a 50:50 chance of Fubar's being FUBAR'ed.

What??????

[Steve_T]

Just take the old battery along and get one like it, so you know the cables will reach the terminals, the battery will fit over the b*stard retaining nut and so on.

Steve.

[Seasider]

jeremyc said:

Steve_T said:

Yep, make sure you get a battery with the terminals the right way round.

What Steve is trying to say is that there was a 50:50 chance of Fubar's being FUBAR'ed.

More like 70:30

[TT Tim]

FUBAR said:

Bloomin eck! Bought the 072 on blind faith and here we have the reason for the post. I, yes me, fitted the new battery all by my lonesome (mostly ) and the car starts

As I said, rather please with myself

Bloody hell!

Stay tuned for tomorrows installment....

Nick puts petrol in the car...

...on his own!

Care in the community. Who said it wouldn't work?

Tim

Edited by TT Tim on Wednesday 27th June 16:51

[touching cloth]

I must say I was quite pleased when I managed to change my own battery as well

Even done my own big fuse since then, another landmark.

[FUBAR]

Obviously anybody can undo and re-tighten the terminal connections . However, this isnt as simple as that, is it lads. Bloomin airbox has to come off and that involves 3 hex bolts and 5 jubilee clips.

TC, Im not brave enough to tackle the big fuse

[TT Tim]

FUBAR said:

Obviously anybody can undo and re-tighten the terminal connections . However, this isnt as simple as that, is it lads. Bloomin airbox has to come off and that involves 3 hex bolts and 5 jubilee clips.

TC, Im not brave enough to tackle the big fuse

I was only pulling yer' plonker Nick.

Big fuse is probabally easier than the battery.

Tim

[FUBAR]

For the record, the battery to the top of the terminals cant be more than 8 and a half inches.

Mrs Fubes said that if she had realised I had 8 and a half inches in my hand, it would be a first

[grass widow]

FUBAR said:

Mrs Fubes said that if she had realised I had 8 and a half inches in my hand, it would be a first

Most wives would say the same

[BCA]

Next up, try the starter motor... its a little trickier still.

[esso]

Then try the clutch,thats a b*****d!

[Work-Shy-Wanabe]

TT Tim said:

FUBAR said:

Bloomin eck! Bought the 072 on blind faith and here we have the reason for the post. I, yes me, fitted the new battery all by my lonesome (mostly ) and the car starts

As I said, rather please with myself

Bloody hell!

Stay tuned for tomorrows installment....

Nick puts petrol in the car...

...on his own!

Care in the community. Who said it wouldn't work?

Tim

Edited by TT Tim on Wednesday 27th June 16:51

I only logged in for the next instalment!

[amazon]

FUBAR said:

Needed a new battery for the Cerb, so tootled off down to Halfwits to get an 072 (as per several threads on here )

Young girl at the counter...

"Hello, Id like a battery for my car please

Yes sir, what make and model?

A TVR Cerbera

Oh, right , Erm, sorry, what?

A TVR Cerbera

How do you spell that?

C E R B E R A

Hmm, cant see it? Which model Subaru did you say?

No love, its a T V R C E R B E R A

Nope, not on our system :dontknow:

Do you have an 072?

Yup, loads of them.

OK, thanks, just the one please."

Bloomin eck! Bought the 072 on blind faith and here we have the reason for the post. I, yes me, fitted the new battery all by my lonesome (mostly ) and the car starts

As I said, rather please with myself

I'm very impressed Fubes

[amazon]

If I say 'Cerbera' and someone comes back with 'Subaru' in the sentence , I leave.