Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club

Viggo · Post by **Viggo** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:31 pm

Hi all,
I've bought a Rover 416si 1997 model and unfortunately it came without a service manual. Does anyone know where to get hold of one? And does anyone know how to stop the car from sounding the alarm when I want to jump start the car with an electric jump starter? It starts hooting as soon as I connect the black cable to the body of the car (earth).
Regards
Viggo :shock:

oapwithattitude · Post by **oapwithattitude** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:01 pm

Hi Viggo, does it do it when you jump start direct from battery terminals, and by service manual Haynes do one or do you mean handbook.Mike :roll:

Viggo · Post by **Viggo** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:12 pm

Hey Mike,
I have an electric jump starter, a thing with a red and a black cable. The red cable is supposed to be connected to the + pole of the battery and the black one to earth (body of car). And yes, I'm probably talking about a hand book, as you may have noticed English is not my mother tongue, I'm Norwegian.

oapwithattitude · Post by **oapwithattitude** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:32 pm

welcome,yes i have a starter pack my self and against all advice i connect direct to terminals,im old enough to know better but it sometimes works,sometimes alarms are wired to body, you dont say where you are based but any decent Rover breakers should have an handbook my local one charged me £15.00 for mine.
let me know if i can help.
Mike.

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E_T_V · Post by **E_T_V** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:30 pm

When the alarm sounds. Simply lock the car with the remote or the key and then unlock it again and the alarm should reset so you can then start the car.

oapwithattitude · Post by **oapwithattitude** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:15 pm

I knew somebody would know the right way to do the alarm
Mike.

Viggo · Post by **Viggo** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:00 pm

Thanks ETV, that did the trick...!!! :-)
But now I have a new challenge, the jump starter
didn't work, it still didn't start so now I've bought
a battery charger. The manual says to disconnect
the battery according to what's written in the
handbook.. Now I still don't have the handbook, I've
ordered for it but they were out of stock..
Is there any particular way of disconnecting the battery?
I'm planning to disconnect the black one first (minus)
and then the red (plus).. OK?

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:19 pm

Would it not be easier just to buy a new battery ....

Viggo · Post by **Viggo** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:29 pm

Probably Adrian, but the charger was about one third the price of a new battey.. Money saved is money earned..

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oapwithattitude · Post by **oapwithattitude** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:37 pm

YOUR BATTERIES must be expensive

Jump start of Rover 416si 1997

Jump start of Rover 416si 1997