OK chums.Thanks for all chiming in. I have done some things today:
1) Checked battery with car switched off. Good voltage.
2) chucked a Snap on Rapid discharger on it for 15 seconds (it gets f'kin hot)
3) Car started beautifully and voltage on batteryu running is a solid 14.01v
4) checked (visually) all earth straps and cables. All seem ok and unsnapped.
Next up I will be:
1) flopping a new battery in
2) Redoing all the earth cables and maybe even adding a fresh one for good measure.
I will report back. In the meanwhile I am carrying a spare battery, jump leads and one of those little boxes of devil technology that weigh as much as a vole and claim to be able to jump start the titanic; let's see.
I do not begrudge the 210k mi car a wobbly. It is a venerable old thing, I like it and I want to see it carry on. What I do dislike is that at work, there is a fanatacism for brand new, financed, hybrids, electrics etc. Despite that, we all worship the volvo for its good reliability record and also its ability to deliver anything up to and including 0.5t of antique doors which none of the new metal can. This is an unsightly skidmark on what is an otherwise clean white y-fronted record.
Cheers,
F
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