Corsa Battery Removal

[david_trafalgar]

Hi group. Can anyone help with this. The battery of a Corsa is captive behind some plastic trim parts below the windscreen. I cannot see which (or where) screws to remove. Does the whole plastic piece come off as one with the washer jets? Help please.

Dave,
Portsmouth

 

[me140]

Dumb design this - if you look near the bonnet hinge on the plastic screen trim you will see a torx screw - take this out and get someone to help you and you just get enough room to get the battery out. If you want to do it properly - take the rubber strip off that runs across the bulkhead - pull off the plastic trim around the centre screw you can see - pull the loom that goes across the plastic trim forward - undo the screws at either end and the centre one and lift forward the trim over the battery. It is easier to do than it sounds but is quite hard to put into words.

 

[david_trafalgar]

Dumb design this - if you look near the bonnet hinge on the plastic screen trim you will see a torx screw - take this out and get someone to help you and you just get enough room to get the battery out. If you want to do it properly - take the rubber strip off that runs across the bulkhead - pull off the plastic trim around the centre screw you can see - pull the loom that goes across the plastic trim forward - undo the screws at either end and the centre one and lift forward the trim over the battery. It is easier to do than it sounds but is quite hard to put into words.

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Much obliged. As you say, 'dumb design', or is it just to keep the amateurs away. Thanks again.

Dave,
Portsmouth