That pesky battery strap

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2012 Sport Tech

That pesky battery strap…

I wanted to remove the battery to top up the distillate and clean out the battery tray.

I don’t know what I was thinking but I decided to fully undo the nut from the j-bolt before removing the strap, to then remove the battery

Have you guessed where this…

Have you guessed where this is going…yup… I dropped the j-bolt which promptly wedged itself against the steering rack…jack car up, remove undertray and poke around until it falls out.

Phew

Reassembly

Wait , how did that happen …
I’ve dropped the other, front, j- bolt…which this time lodges itself against the cooler…

Second disassembly…retrieve bolt and reassemble jbolts and t bar away from car…

Finally all back together with a note to self to not overcomplicate matters…

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There is a spare on the roundabout as you go into Felixstowe from the A14, I don’t need it anymore as I bought a couple of replacements from mx5 parts.

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