How the @*!? do you remove the battery?

[gar074]

Trying to remove the DS3's battery so I can use it to do a diagnostic check on my Barchetta, which seems to have died (may or may not be the battery, hence the check). Before you all ask, I can't jump-start it without a great deal of pushing & shoving, which my knackered back won't cope with).

How do you get this sucker out? It seems to be clamped in at the bottom, but I can't see how to release it.

Anyone done this?

(There's a previous thread on here about accessing the terminals, but that was a cinch on mine).

[ZACK]

Biggie might have a workshop guide ?

[Bigfeet]

I think there is a clamp on the outside of the battery box which keeps it in place.

[gar074]

I think there is a clamp on the outside of the battery box which keeps it in place.

I reckon there is, but I can't find the wretched thing! Are you supposed to remove the fuse-box, perhaps?

[Bigfeet]

Okay try this

http://www.mediafire.com/?8p5cxlqw3s4up9g

[Chris_Blue]

Cant you just use a set of jump leads?
CBLUE

[gar074]

Okay try this

http://www.mediafire.com/?8p5cxlqw3s4up9g

Thanks Biggie, you're a hero!

Update - I've just had a look at this file, & the THP is different as the ECU is on the other side (the engine side) of the battery, & not between the battery and the fuse box, as here.

I've had another look at the handbook, which says that to remove the battery you have to "unclip" the fusebox (which on the THP is hard up against the battery).

The fusebox is held in by 2 plastic fixings, but I just can't prise them off - getting very frustrated now!!!

[gar074]

Cant you just use a set of jump leads?
CBLUE

They'd need to be at least 20' long, as the car's front-end first in a garage (and I can't push it out as the drive's uphill).

[Chris_Blue]

Oh right- be a bit of volt drop on that length so its a no
CBLUE

[gar074]

Oh right- be a bit of volt drop on that length so its a no
CBLUE

Too right!!

Thinking I might have to tow the b*gger out, as I can't unclip the b*ggering fuse box to get at the battery. Doh!

[gar074]

Right then ... for future reference, anyone trying to remove the battery from a THP (or any other model where the battery is in between the ECU and the fuse box)... you're in for a frustrating time, as the fuse box clips are impossible to remove without wrecking them.

In the end, I towed the ailing Barchetta out of the garage and jump-started it. All OK. Ergo, the battery is indeed f*cked - which is what I reckoned, but I didn't want to spend £50 on a new battery only to find that it was the starter motor, alternator, etc etc that was at fault.

Still puzzled as to why the battery charged up OK and worked beautifully for 3 days, after a long period of inactivity, but then died and refused to take a recharge. Sod's law, I guess.

[kestepirki]

It is rather very good, nevertheless glance at the data with this handle. smart battery module