What did you do to your jimny today?

Good work that man. How did you get that bushing through the last mot?I've had mine failed for far less movement than that?

thanks! 11 months since mot next job, rear left wheel bearing kit install, and soon transfer box seals!

GeorgeC wrote:

GeorgeC wrote: After The Test Drive: A little more information.
I was disappointed in the fact that the battery was not instantly compatible with the charging system after the car booted up.
After driving on Monday and Yesterday the battery resting voltage this afternoon is 12.87V.
While this is quite good, it is only 0.07V above the voltage out of the cardboard box, after spending 3 weeks in transit from Melbourne.
I have asked Suzuki to look into how to make the charging system recognise the EFB Battery and charge it appropriately. More later..

Thank you all for the response and comments to the above post.
During the week I had a chat with a retired Suzuki Service Manager, he is also and a Jimny owner/driver and mechanic. His expectations for a traditional lead/acid Battery is a resting voltage of 12.8V with a healthy alternator/charging system. However for the new EFB Battery he said I should be seeing 13.0-13.2V under the same conditions.

Today, Saturday, my weekly Voltage check:
New EFB Battery in the Car: 12.80V
Original Battery on the bench: 12.76V

The Voltage in the car is now what I would expect after each drive, a net loss of 0.1-0.2V.

Today, Saturday, my weekly Voltage check:
New EFB Battery in the Car: 12.77V
Original Battery on the bench: 12.76V

For those following and doing the maths, the nett loss of capacity since fitting the EFB Battery would be in the vicinity of 20AH, that is 34% of 58AH! In that time the car has covered about 18km with 8 starts.

When I remove the EFB Battery, probably next week, it will take about 15-20 hours at 1 amp (+ rest time) to recover the initial charge. While that is happening, I will re-fit the original lead acid battery as it is almost fully charged at 12.76V and waiting on the bench.

Finished my front bumper by making some lamp units.

That looks like a spider. Bet it will crawl up walls too!

Drove back from Italy over the course of the past five days. Italy -> Switzerland -> Germany -> France -> Luxembourg -> Belgium ->France

Will post up something of a 'blog' when I get time.