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Hello everyone, Im writing from Argentina. Im now the owner of my dads Etype, he past away a few years ago and now im getting this beauty on the roads again. Its a pleasure to meet you all. Happy holydays!

Hi Phil Ctek do some good car battery chargers I have a jaguar one, its a ctek one, with a jaguar logo on it the jaguar kit comes with a socket you mount inside the boot and connect to the battery, through a fuse if you connecting direct to the battery, just make sure it still has its vent tube fitted, it a tube from the battery that goes into the tyrewell and out the back panel, when you charge batteries you get a explosive gas, it should vent out the back panel, behind the bumper, just check its still there, as some people forget to put them back if they have had the battery out. it ok to charge the battery with it still connected, make sure it a smart charger, not just a continuous charger, as it will just boil it dry cheers Joe

Hi Phil, well done on the S type - with only 17,000 miles! That's fantastic and will serve you well. I am not an expert on car mechanics but have always taken an interest. It might be that the computer only has a certain amount of back up battery (built into the circuit) thereby possibly, after a certain time losing memory settings that you would need to reset when you reinstall the battery. If that was just your vehicles personal settings and the time I wouldn't mind removing the battery. However, if this involved settings for fuel flow and other critical vehicle settings I would be cautious. It is for this reason that I think best to wait for someone who has good knowledge rather than relying on my best guess before taking it off! As long as there is indeed no complications as I have just mentioned, If I were to not use my car for a while I would definitely consider bringing the battery indoors to a dry garage or shed etc to trickle charge. The low temperatures of winter reduces a massive amount of power from our batteries (as I found out yesterday when mine suddenly packed up with no prior fault)! I'm not certain but I think I read ages ago that 3 degrees centigrade and less, will drain the battery by 30% (the "less" gradually gets worse. On a sliding scale, I cannot remember but might have been as high as 50% or 60% power loss! Sounds a good idea to install a trickle charge plug somewhere convenient so that you can remove and connect easily every time you use it.

Hi the battery is near the spear wheel you can connect your charger directly to the battery terminals I have a cetek charger pemantly connected to my battery as my car is not a daily driver lift up the spare wheel cover and you will see the battery hope that helps