Battery change

[copdriver91]

Hi everyone,how do you replace the battery in a sky?

[Rob the Elder]

There are several posts on the sol forum with detailed instructions. Basically you remove the right fender to get access to the battery. Takes about 20 minutes

[copdriver91]

Thanks for the help

[lllfly]

Use the search.
LLLFLY

[GT!]

Originally Posted by Rob the Elder

There are several posts on the sol forum with detailed instructions. Basically you remove the right fender to get access to the battery. Takes about 20 minutes

... 20 min if you're good

-GT

[Bogie]

Originally Posted by GT!

... 20 min if you're good

Yeah, if you have done it a couple of times, you can go pretty fast. First time takes a lot longer. Read up on getting the gaps correct on re-assembly. Those fine adjustments can take time....lots of time if you don't know the sequence.

[Rob the Elder]

Ok, the first time I did it (and only time) it took about 20 minutes. I found it to be a very simple task. Not like the hours it took to swap the power steering pump.

[DenverSky]

When I change the battery, one thing I like to do is plug in a battery source through the cigarette lighter. This keeps electrical juice in the system, so when you unplug the battery, it preserves all of your radio settings.

[Rob the Elder]

I did not loose my radio settings. I had to recalibrate the AC though. This is a good tip. I will have to remember it when I do the Sky next summer

[marlboromike]

Originally Posted by Rob the Elder

I did not loose my radio settings. I had to recalibrate the AC though. This is a good tip. I will have to remember it when I do the Sky next summer

I already changed my battery but what does the AC settings have to do with this

[Rob the Elder]

When I installed the new battery, there was no AC. Until I recalobrated.

[marlboromike]

Originally Posted by Rob the Elder

When I installed the new battery, there was no AC. Until I recalobrated.

The only thing I recall was those 3 temperature setting knobs on the dash...they started to flash several times ...guess to reset all functions
regarding the ecm and bcm...other than that...everything worked perfectly...of couse the radio settings and clock had to manually be reset.

[lllfly]

The same here as MMike stated.
This happen after 5min of wait time -+.
LLLFLY

[Rob the Elder]

Originally Posted by marlboromike

The only thing I recall was those 3 temperature setting knobs on the dash...they started to flash several times ...guess to reset all functions
regarding the ecm and bcm...other than that...everything worked perfectly...of couse the radio settings and clock had to manually be reset.

Yes MM the flashing LEDs indicate that the AC controlls are executing a self calibration. It will execute this following a loss of DC. Theroblem is that it may or may not execute correctly. I always follow the factory cal procedure which calls for the engine to be OFF while the key is in the run position. Most of the time, the self cal results in little or no AC command