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| [title] Troubleshoot the charging system | |
| [* black] Remove the lefthand plastic cover. It is held in place by 4 plastic pins, these have a crosshead and 'should' unscrew enough to be pulled up. In practice, you may have to pry the center pin out. | |
| [* black] Now check the alternator is being driven. Check the drive belt is not slipping or broken! If either is true replace the belt and skip ahead to the reassembly stage for how to fit a new drive belt. | |
| - | [* black] ***Now Turn off the engine***, |
| + | [* black] ***Now Turn off the engine***, All the power is coming from your battery you do not want to completely drain it! |
| [* black] Disconnect the Battery Terminal connectors.++ ***Always*** Disconnect the Negative (***-***)Terminal first!++ You do this so when you disconnect the Positive Terminal (***+***) if you wrench touches the bodywork you don't short out the battery as the whole of the car's bodywork is connected to battery Negative! |