Iremoved the battery in March for recharging while car was off the road. I had planned to leave the car awaiting spare Vx cable as advised by DG, but got bored and decided to recommission it. Car had no battery for about five weeks.
On my bench are several Vx batteries, all from scrapped Vauxhalls, all charged regularly. After refilling with coolant I fitted a fully charged battery and attempted to start the engine. Starter did not crank. I changed the battery. Starter again failed to crank. I jumped another good battery battery in car. Still no joy. hence this thread.
Battery compartment has many leads, as in pic, but all seem OK. Car is canbuss.
I do not believe all my batteries are dead. I have other cars, I move batteries around occasionally. As this thread describes, strange things are happening. If it were a PC, I would stop and restart it and all would be well. Maybe I should remove the battery overnight and try again.
Car is currently on a SORN note. It might bump start in the drive, would that help?
Please advise.