Right, done....... heavy thing innit! And only just fits thru the hole, with some jiggling. The spanner and socket worked a charm, once i found a long enough extension and the right handful (literally) of adaptors to put the lot together.
Dunno who must have done it last tho - there was a broken comb underneath it! A ladies one, you know, with the handle on the side. Light blue with a pearl effect, snapped neatly in two, nestling right underneath the (very tightly bolted down) battery. Might put it back in - there's every chance it's there because the new one didn't quite stay snug with the nut fully tight, so the mechanic grabbed whatever the nearest plastic object was for some padding. I've done it before
A bit of rust about but not too chronic, guess the little bit of sealing rubber above the compartment is doing it's job. Plenty of leaves and stuff though - the battery doesnt look white but more tortoiseshell. Ew.
Anyway, all hooked up to the charger, it's chugging along at a merry 3 Amps...... should I assume that a "Type 063" battery has a 63Ah capacity, and so will take until lunchtime tomorrow to charge? Going to get the engine started and warmed (in order to drain the oil) using the jumpleads off the tray's super heavy duty lump instead. They'll be fine - they're thicker than the actual cables coming off the terminals themselves!
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