Jump starting a car but where is the battery?
I have just joined a 4×4 off road club. They meet every week end and once in the week during a couple of pints of beer, they decide which green lanes they can use for the coming weekend. It is all very exciting, but up till now I have decided to offer my services as a passenger as I do not wish to rush in to purchasing a 4×4 that does not suit my driving skills nor my abilities. I will never be a hard core off roader so I want a nice 4×4 that will be as good on the road as it will be off the road, on the weekends and some 4×4 holidays aboard, I may join in. After all it will only be a hobby and the car has to remain functional for the week’s commute to work.
After about five weekends being a passenger and seeing first hand which car would be better suited to me. I had made my decision based on the facts rather than me pretending I know what I talking about. The 110 Land Rover seemed to be the one for me, it not only looks great, all done up for off-roading, but it also is best suited to the wintery conditions we have been experiencing recently. It will remain functional and be a good head turner when I drive to work, as I will make it in to the same 4×4 they used in the film Tomb Raider.
I found a great 4×4 in a nearby garage, it never seems to have ever seen any mud, as the underside was like new, for a car of ten years old it was remarkably clean and tidy. I intend to change most elements, in one way or another so it seemed like a great deal and at a price I can afford. Most of the materials I need to make my Land Rover a Tomb Raider look like are purchased off the shelf and just bolt on, so even a person with little mechanical knowledge like me can achieve miracles easily.
I was about to go and show off my new 4×4 on the Saturday morning, at the club but when it was time to leave I had a flat battery (we Danes call it dødt batteri på bilen), I have some jump leads to jump start it but I need a friend to help with his car. Once he had arrived we pulled his bonnet and placed the jump leads on his battery ready to jump start my car. We eventually found my bonnet pull and lifted the bonnet to hopefully expose a battery and jump start the flat battery. As we lifted the bonnet there was no battery to be found. It simply was not there. We decided to follow the lead from the starter motor as that normally goes to the battery for power.
The lead went in to the bulk head on the passenger side and disappeared, we then opened the passenger door and followed the lead that then went under the seat. After lifting the seat we could see the battery in all its glory. What a silly place to hide a battery. I’m sure even the auto assistancce (in Denmark that’s called Få hurtig auto hjælp)guys wouldn’t have known this one. My friend had to pull his car alongside so we can successfully attach the jump leads and jump-start the car.
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