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(Message started by: Kenboy on Jan 4^th, 2007, 10:16am)

Title: Long time no see Flat Battery
Post by Kenboy on Jan 4^th, 2007, 10:16am

Hi Guys let explain during the last year or so I have been dogged with health issues and have spent some time in and out of hospital so you will have to forgive me for not contributing as a responsible member should do but there you are priorities take a different stance when illness crops up and I have to say my beloved Scorpio has been bottom of the list I do log on most days just to keep in touch.
anyway to get to the point because the car has not been used much and if so for short journeys only I have run the battery flat. the battery has been removed, fully charged and is now back in situ my problem is that now the car will not start albeit has plenty of oomph. the car is a 2.3 1997 with 95000 and was running beautiful before flat battery, the battery has been tested and is ok, can you help me out with this one.

Many Thanks Kenboy

Title: Re: Long time no see Flat Battery
Post by scorpio_man on Jan 4^th, 2007, 11:02am

hi kenboy

welcome back. hope you're on the road to recovery.

when you put the battery back in, did you connect up all the leads? there's a small black one which gets missed.

here's the fault finder (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/faultfinds.htm) to work through.

hth

Title: Re: Long time no see Flat Battery
Post by Kenboy on Jan 4^th, 2007, 11:36am

Many thanks Scorpio Man you were spot on, problem now resolved.

Kenboy

Title: Re: Long time no see Flat Battery
Post by Simmo on Jan 4^th, 2007, 2:27pm

Hope you're on the road to recovery Kenboy. That little black lead has a lot to answer for!!. I think it should be marked in 'shocking pink' the number of times it causes trouble!! ;) :).