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Well seeing as i'm not a mechanic or an electrician, I think i'm doing well to find out what I need and how to fix it.

I've been given one that looks exactly like that, but it's got a 10mm hole instead of an 8mm hole, but he said it can handle 200 amps, so it should be fine.

Ok, the sparky came round, had a look and now i've got the correct connector, I just need to find a 13mm nut now, then I can finally find out if it was the alternator connector, or if I actually need a new alternator.

Cheers lads, I should be able to get it sorted now, despite my idiocy.

Yep, i've been in loads of places looking at those today. :dapprove: Anyone know how much load it needs to be able to handle, as in how much juice goes from the alternator to the battery?

I've just measured the hole, it's 8mm. So i've been running round all day asking for the wrong f*cking thing!!!!! :mad: It can wait until tomorrow now.

F*ck knows, I hate the world!!! I've got an electrician coming over later, hopefully he'll sort it for me, I was only going by what people had told me.

Right, no one anywhere sells 13mm heavy duty O ring connectors, I even rang an electrical wholesalers and they said they couldn't even order one. How the f*ck can it be so hard to get a connector that costs a quid?

Sounds good to me. :approve:

I don't know what the f*ck you're talking about lol. I was just going to jam it on and crush f*ck out of it, it honestly can't be that f*cking hard to mangle a connector onto a wire and make it work?

So how the hell do I get at the locking nut behind the plastic casing then? Because when it comes to reconnecting it, how do I stop the bolt from spinning when I tighten it up?

I know f*ck all about anything tbh, I make it up as I go along.

Don't worry everything I do is a bodge lol, i'll crush the b*stard on one way or another. :evil:

I'm not sure about that mate. lol I've truly had enough of Clios as an everyday car. I honestly think the French designed these cars to last 10 years, because it's just one problem after another now, I had 5 years of relatively trouble free motoring, those days are well and truly gone! :(

I know I feel guilty and more than a little stupid that I didn't check the battery before you came round and changed the starter, but at least you know how to change a 1*2s starter motor now. lol :o

I'll need to buy some crimpers then.

I'm going to strip the wire back a bit and slide one of these over it, no idea if I need to crimp it in place or not though.

The whole lot span together, other than trying to dismantle the alternator in the engine bay, there was no other way, i'll probably put it all back together and it'll still be f*cked. You know what the dog kennel's like, it's not happy unless it takes all my money.

Right, I cave-maned the f*cker of by hacksawing through the nut, all I need to do now is get a new 13mm spade connector, and a new 13mm flanged nut, unless it's some kind of weird special French nut? Then I can jump start it and see if it's solved the charging issue.

Already sprayed it with WD40, there's just enough cable to recripm it. Won't I need a complete aux kit if the belt comes off?

I was trying to undo this nut and the connector snapped, and the bolt turns with the nut, probably because they're so corroded they're now one piece of metal/rust.

I put one up after i've eaten this pasta.

I've found out what's wrong with the dog kennel, the alternator isn't charging the battery. So I decided to take off the live wire and clean the connector, in the process of undoing the bolt the connector snapped and the bolt now turns with the nut. Is it new alternator time, and if it is, do...

Welcome to CS, i'd love to see some pics of it, sounds like a survivor.

£995 for that, surely there's a 1 missing from the front of that number? If that's genuine, that's a f*cking bargain and it looks like it's had some work done to it already...

Try Brentacre, i'm 37 with maximum no claims and only pay £450 fully comp, with unlimited mods, and I live in Coventry which is a sh*t hole.

A day out with the lads, plus we normally end up in the pub for a plate of food, sounds good to me. :D

Whatever. :cool:

I'm up for Cooksport, with a bit of luck we may even see the BTCC Clio. Hopefully the Dog Kennel will be fixed by then.

You say that like I know what i'm doing. lol