Ford B-Max Removing the Battery
In the old days removing a battery was a 5 minute job: unscrew the two butterfly nuts on the clamp, disconnect the terminals and job done! Not so on the B-Max and if you are seeking help from the car's handbook then I hope you enjoy the never-ending loop between pages 150 and 156 which itself is a serious indictment of all that is wrong with the modern manufacturer's handbook! Having said that, the job is only daunting the first time you try it and that's because the battery is partly hidden and appears to have numerous extra wires attached to it. As the handbook does tell you (in case you didn't know what a battery looks like) it is indeed located under the bonnet at the back on the right. The positive terminal is forward, the negative obscured. Some dismantling will be required. Lift up the positive terminal cover Underneath is a odd looking connection but this consists of 2 eye-brackets attached to the terminal by the big nut on the left. Th...