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Title: having a bad day
Post by: shanjon on 26 November 2008, 02:01:38
first off , the battery on the miggy died
then i picked up a miggy 2.0 estate i bought on the bay with supposed head gasket , guess what (Battery dead), so i gets home and think right i will take the wifes rover out of the garage and charge the miggys battery overnight and  guess what
Yep you guessed it rovers battery flat,
i hope my lucks better tomorrow when i start stripping the new miggys engine
Title: Re: having a bad day
Post by: markey mark on 26 November 2008, 11:16:51
unlucky matey ! at least it can only get better lol  :y
Title: Re: having a bad day
Post by: waspy on 26 November 2008, 11:34:50
What's the odds on three batteries being flat :o
Lets hope you have better furtune with the strip down :y
Title: Re: having a bad day
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 26 November 2008, 11:35:40
Need to have a good battery over winter, battery sales in winter must double for the rest of the year.....
Title: Re: having a bad day
Post by: shanjon on 27 November 2008, 00:00:58
well at last some good news,
i stripped and rebuilt the new miggy today and hooray it was the headgasket, only thing was i bought it blind not knowing if the engine turned over, but i rebuilt it and started first turn and died and would not start again so i checked everything including timing etc but
APPARENTLY THESE NEED PETROL TO RUN ; :-[
so after a really bad day there was at least a decent one to follow
Title: Re: having a bad day
Post by: feeutfo on 27 November 2008, 01:21:37
where is the best place to get mig batterys out of interest? Vx on tc? Mine has the vx logo on it so could it still be the original? How long do batterys last? 4 years? Its an 03 car on a 52 plate.
Title: Re: having a bad day
Post by: Albatross on 27 November 2008, 02:38:37
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where is the best place to get mig batterys out of interest? Vx on tc? Mine has the vx logo on it so could it still be the original? How long do batterys last? 4 years? Its an 03 car on a 52 plate.

Good question!
Title: Re: having a bad day
Post by: Cliffo B on 27 November 2008, 03:22:28
Hello,Chris,I had to get another battery 2 months back I got a Varta from their Silver Dynamic range after doing some inquiring. Varta are the market leaders and this Silver range uses their latest technology. Another make to use it is Bosch.Vx batterys are pretty good .I was told that Varta pretty well manufacture the lot.So thats why one's under my bonnet. All the best,Cliff. :)