Recent content by Fordson1954

Thanks everyone. Finally got it resolved but took it to garage. Alternator had failed. This could explain some high pitched howling that i heard on a couple of drives before the lights came on but wrongly thought it was transmission related due to lack of use in lockdown. Reason why internal...

Thank you. I am thinking it is the alternator now. Going to check all connections and clean up and take it from there.

So charged batteries fully, left it disconnected overnight, reconnected and had to use 15 second press to start, warnings still on. No battery warning. Checked with multimeter and showing about 12.8 volts and no difference when revving engine. Looks like may be alternator fault as you suggested.

Thanks, will try voltage when running later. See other post. Method to start is with vehicle in park as normal, foot on brake as normal, press starter button and hold in for 15 seconds.

Thanks for replying. I will check alternator later. All disconnected overnight and charging batteries at moment after someone recommended charging batteries to get voltage up and leaving all terminals disconnected for a longer period and residual current discharged by pressing horn for 10 seconds.

The batteries on my LC3 150 auto went flat after not using it much during lockdown and so I replaced them last week (tried charging them off the car and they wouldn’t go much above 12.5v so I am happy they were knackered . I put Vaseline on the posts (a mistake I’m sure) before I tightened them...