Another focus question re: battery

alt.autos.ford.focus is over there ------> where your sort are tolerated ;)

I can't believe anyone can have so many questions about a bland family hatch.

About the typical number of problems with a clapped out old Ford shit heap.

Believe it, I do :)

It's more lively in this news group and ale bonus nything Ford annoys you so a doub :)

And again, in English?

edit:

Doh, clapped out keyboard or clapped out me.

Is it a Ford keyboard?

To be fair to the bloke, his questions are quite sensible, and he is keeping usenet alive single handed.

You should be fine with that, he's welsh :)

No, almost certainly Jap Crap.

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Anyone here old enough to remember Professor Stanley Unwin?

Chris

You are going to be spending more money on this car in a month than I've spent on two Focuses in 12 years at this rate!

If it's taking up to three goes to start, but is still turning over, there's likely to be little wrong with the battery. Originals often last

10 or more years. Replace the plugs and leads as discussed in one of your other threads, and see how it starts then.

Before the battery fails to the point it won't start, the dash display normally does funny things when you first turn the ignition on, so you get some early warning.

BTW, it should be replaced with a calcium one; the charging rate is slightly higher than a normal battery, and although statements that using a normal battery might cause it to explode appear exaggerated, they will certainly have a shorter life.

With respect, everything you have asked here has been asked multiple times in the past. Perhaps you are unaware, but everything in Usenet is archived by Google Groups; I don't have a problem with answering the same questions, but you may well get quicker answers by searching the archives.

You may also be unaware that there is a dedicated NG for the Focus; it's alt.autos.ford.focus. It doesn't get much traffic these days ( because the Focus is so reliable), but Googling it will give you much more info than you will ever need.

Chris

Where do you think most of the electronics for Ford cars are made?

Halfords do 'calcium' batteries.

Although there's an awful lot of rubbish written about the charging of these.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com (SteveH) saying something like:

This all sounds very familiar. I'm reminded of the bloke with the Cinquecento.

Pinking Peter!!

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Wonder what became of him? It was funny when he was around.

Chris

He was hacked to death by a frustrated Fiat dealer and buried in a pit, which they filled in when they moved to 4 poster lifts instead of pits.

LOL!

Chris

LOL!

Chris