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Is This Your Motor?

Advice please. We have a 2008 Mitsubishi Colt. It has two RC keys one of which has stopped working, I assume it must have a battery but can't see where, as Mitsubishi dealers have disappeared am I likely to be able to get it fixed. I know I can use it as a "manual" key.
 
devonjim said:
Advice please. We have a 2008 Mitsubishi Colt. It has two RC keys one of which has stopped working, I assume it must have a battery but can't see where, as Mitsubishi dealers have disappeared am I likely to be able to get it fixed. I know I can use it as a "manual" key.
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Jim, I just Googled it. There are three or so videos showing how to. You just need a small screwdriver.
 
Brummie a long time ago said:
Go for a battery with a recognisable brand name. In my experience, the batteries on those cards of 50 or so batteries for about £2 will go flat if you just stare at them too hard.
Andrew.
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Bought 2 for £3, middle of the road price? I've begun to wonder if the garage that does annual service has replaced batteries as surely even O/E quality would not have lasted since 2008, on the one that is still working.
 
devonjim said:
Bought 2 for £3, middle of the road price? I've begun to wonder if the garage that does annual service has replaced batteries as surely even O/E quality would not have lasted since 2008, on the one that is still working.
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It depends, we had one car that went 5 plus years. It also depends upon how much you use your car. Knowing Mitsubishi, it most likely was a Sony, TDK or Panasonic battery which I always find to be pretty good.
 
Richard Dye said:
It depends, we had one car that went 5 plus years. It also depends upon how much you use your car. Knowing Mitsubishi, it most likely was a Sony, TDK or Panasonic battery which I always find to be pretty good.
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Become quite adept at fitting these batteries, turns out that one of the keys has another fault as changing the battery does not bring it back to life. By the way the OE battery were Panasonic.
 
devonjim said:
Become quite adept at fitting these batteries, turns out that one of the keys has another fault as changing the battery does not bring it back to life. By the way the OE battery were Panasonic.
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I just changed (this week) the batteries in one of our cars. Had to go to Google because I had forgotten how to. It is an Acura and put in a Sony battery from Amazon.
 
Johnfromstaffs said:
LOC 433 is a 1948/51 Vauxhall Model L, the light coloured wheels suggest a Velox, which was the six cylinder model. The plate is Birmingham, July 1951, and if my old eyes don’t deceive me, it says “Velox” under the number plate.
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May I correct you? LOC 433 is January 1951 (not July).
 
Johnfromstaffs said:
The very old one looks to me like a 1905 Collins. (Pat Collins that is!)

The reason for saying this is because there are apparently no brakes in any of the wheels, and those tyres don’t look roadworthy. However, C719 is a pre-WW1 number for West Riding of Yorkshire, commencing in Jan 1904, and completing (C2099 I think) in Apr 1915, the remainder, C2100 to 2999 issued in 1921. C3000 upwards does not seem to have been used. Scarborough is Yorkshire, but I would have thought not West Riding.

All this is another way of saying yes, I’m stumped.
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Small correction if I may: I agree Les (L.H. Newall)'s book is slightly ambiguous here, but in fact C was completed to 9999 in 1915, with the sole exception of 2100-2999 which were issued later (in 1921 as you say). I agree, C 719 was probably 1905.
 
Johnfromstaffs said:
I needed my books!
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John: your knowledge of cars is awesome. By contrast, I know about registrations but not nearly so much about the cars. I would love to enlist your help if at all possible. For the past 30+ years I have been compiling an album of photographs of pre-1964 Birmingham-registered vehicles. I have about 3000 photographs, all displayed in registration number order. My problem is often not knowing what the cars were. Is there any chance that I could visit you with my album one day with a view to enlisting your expertise?! I should be extremely grateful. Greetings.
 
Johnfromstaffs said:
Two Ford 8 Model 7Y, 1937+. Facing away is DeLuxe model, steel spare wheel cover and running boards, facing camera is Standard model, no running boards. In the side street, a 30s Rover, I think, unless it’s a Bentley, but no flying “B” on the radiator cap. At the back of the picture, 1939 Morris Ten, Series M.
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John: this is my final request! There are, I think, still a few cars on this forum that have escaped your expert attention. May I please ask you:
#1 UOH 178: do you agree this is a Consul?
#10 I have requested elsewhere to know what the number is; what about the make and model of car?
#16 ROM 382: surely a Ford; model?
#17 LOG 434: is this maybe a Morris?
#79 OF 550: what is this, please?
#378 mentions an Austin ON 6580; where do I find the photo of this, please?
 
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