New Transit Battery

TissyD

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Received my new engine battery today, got a good price from Alpha now the fun starts. This is the first time I have ever had to remove the drivers seat just to change a battery. What a performance, not the sort of thing you would like to do on the hard shoulder. How much would Ford dealers have charged me for doing it.
 
TissyD said:
Received my new engine battery today, got a good price from Alpha now the fun starts. This is the first time I have ever had to remove the drivers seat just to change a battery. What a performance, not the sort of thing you would like to do on the hard shoulder. How much would Ford dealers have charged me for doing it.
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it's a fun job isn't it :)
Once you know where all the required nuts and bolts are it is not too bad but still a PITA.
 
TissyD said:
Received my new engine battery today, got a good price from Alpha now the fun starts. This is the first time I have ever had to remove the drivers seat just to change a battery. What a performance, not the sort of thing you would like to do on the hard shoulder. How much would Ford dealers have charged me for doing it.
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AA Chap took less than ten minutes on my transit to get to the battery however he did use a cordless right angle wrench.
 
The laird said:
Yeah I'm about ten mins all torx bolts no nuts
Mind the air bag wire that's attached!
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I've never some across an airbag wire when removing cab seats - where is it?
Fairly quick operation removing all the bolts; it's heaving the seat about that's a PITA, particularly reinstalling, making sure it doesn't come into contact with terminals.
 
TJBi said:
I've never some across an airbag wire when removing cab seats - where is it?
Fairly quick operation removing all the bolts; it's heaving the seat about that's a PITA, particularly reinstalling, making sure it doesn't come into contact with terminals.
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It will be a cable with a yellow connector and hanging down. Airbag-related cables always have yellow connectors.
It may not be an specific wire for an actual airbag but more likely a connection for a 'occupancy' sensor so the vehicle knows if there is anyone sitting in the passenger seat for example and so deploy a passenger airbag when there is one in a crash.
Also used for the seatbelt buzzer!
 
wildebus said:
It will be a cable with a yellow connector and hanging down. Airbag-related cables always have yellow connectors.
It may not be an specific wire for an actual airbag but more likely a connection for a 'occupancy' sensor so the vehicle knows if there is anyone sitting in the passenger seat for example and so deploy a passenger airbag when there is one in a crash.
Also used for the seatbelt buzzer!
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Don't recall seeing anything like that when removing the seats for you a few years ago; the only obvious attachment that I recall was the seatbelt.
 
TJBi said:
Don't recall seeing anything like that when removing the seats for you a few years ago; the only obvious attachment that I recall was the seatbelt.
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It will depend on the specs of the vehicle. some vans may have no seatbelt detector or passenger airbag. On the drivers side, there is the assumption that a driver is present in a crash so no need to check for airbag to have it go off.
I can't recall about the Transit, but I know I have had to deal with these leads on my VW Transporter with a passenger airbag and on a car with seat side airbags.

One thing I would definately do is make sure the ignition is off and stays off all the time the seats are out if they have underseat cables that need to be disconnected - prevents the potential of a warning light on the dash that cannot be cleared without dealer intervention.
 
Thank you for the heads-up. Will be extra careful tomorrow when I do it. There is one cable that runs over the top of the battery cover that has a clear snap connector.
 
TissyD said:
Received my new engine battery today, got a good price from Alpha now the fun starts. This is the first time I have ever had to remove the drivers seat just to change a battery. What a performance, not the sort of thing you would like to do on the hard shoulder. How much would Ford dealers have charged me for doing it.
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At £120 hour plus battery vat and proberbly an ecu download for stop start just think of a number ,
 
It actually only took my son about 20 minutes to change it. I thought it would be harder than that.
 
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