My Poorly Sport Ka

Well it looks like my Ford Sport Ka is going to have a trip to my local garage this week since the battery light keeps illuminating whenever i decide to put my foot down. At the moment i have some cat5e cable attached to the battery so that my multimeter leads are extended, the reason i have done this is so that when the light decides its going to light up i can see if there’s a spike in the voltage going to the battery this should pretty much pin point the alternator as been at fault.
This is kind of spooky but my Fiesta RS Turbo did exactly the same when i had it rolling roaded at Well Lane in Batley near Leeds it created a spike at 100mph.
My main issue is that the alternator on my Sport Ka is buried beneath the water pump and i don’t see it been a cheap job to sort id guess at least £200 or upwards, this wouldn’t be to bad but since its Christmas in a few days money is short and my Sport needs taxing before the end of December, insuring in January oh and a MOT in January as well.
So since i could be without with out my Sport Ka for a few days i have been looking at a pretty niffty website offering car hire, it seems to compare all the prices for car hire with the major companies such as Easycar and Budget.

Ford Sport Ka

Ford Sport Ka

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autoshineuk on December 16th 2008 in General

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