.... So all right thinking middle-aged men drag a SOBoxer out of the garage and tinker. [URL]http://picasaweb.google.com/Thegits/Boxer#5251184872125098754[/URL] All was going well until I got to the starting up bit. Long story short, the battery is totally dead so I jump started it from the P5. The boxer was rather reluctant to turn over. I removed the plugs and tried again and the engine turned over beautifully. Plugs back in, not interested. The jump leads are pretty decent, and I'm surprised that a battery that happily spins a 3.5 litre V8 should struggle with a 0.65 litre flat 2. What I don't know is what the effect would be of having a totally shagged battery in circuit. Any thoughts if I'd be likely to get a better result if I took the battery out and connected the leads directly to the wiring loom? I could just go buy another battery just to try it, but as they are somewhat pricey I'd rather not until I know it's going to start and run nicely