Ferrari Mailing List: bloody 308 battery.....

[Gavin (gavinnz]

I blow up my work van yesterday and thought "no worries I will drive the 
Ferrari" but the battery was dead flat.... again!
The battery is such a pain to get to that I am thinking of a couple of 
mods....

One is hooking up two wires just under the hood connected to the terminals 
(positive very well protected from arcing) for connecting the charger... 
without having to take out the water bottle, spare wheel and cover....

And also thinking of fitting a marine type battery shut off swtich under the 
hood so the clock and such do not drain the battery after a few a weeks.
With my Rolls that is easy... just pop boot (trunk to you US people) pull 
the velcro cover off and pull the earth off the battery.

Battery is 6 months old... but the car is geting left used because of the 
rain we are having here this winter in NZ!!!  damn it...

I did get it going late today after taking the battery to the auto 
electrical guy to charge it as it was so flat my toy charger would not touch 
it!

Had a great drive home :)  The noise and surge of power in thrid was a real 
buzz!!!

Gavin
New Zealand
'78 308 GTB