Hello everyone it's 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today how to replace the
battery on a Vespa GTS. Now this should be the same for all GTS models
GTS 125, 200, 250 and 300 and what you're going to need is you're going to
need your brand new battery, make sure it's compatible and it's the correct
one. You're going to need a Phillips screwdriver quite a large on for the
battery, and a tamper proof bit to get the battery cover off. Alright so here is
the Vespa GTS here and the battery is underneath this cover here so take your
tamper proof bit and then take this cover off by going anti-clockwise obviously.
There's a link above now about the Vespa tire pressures that you need on your
modern Vespa. So let's take this cover off and there is the battery there so
I'm just going to go on the other side and what you need is you need a large
Phillips screwdriver and you need to remove the negative and the positive
terminals from the battery. Now once you've taken one of these off make sure
you wrap it in a rag because you don't want to get a short and any sparks
flying. So as soon as you've removed one of those just wrap it up so it's nice
and safe. There's a link above now about how to tighten your Vespa mirrors. Okay so
that's the negative terminal off so I'm just going to wrap that up so it's nice
and safe and then I'm going to remove the positive one, again I'm going to wrap
that up because you do not want that to short and blow your fuses.
Talking of fuses there is a link above now about the fuse box location on your
Vespa GTS and how to check those fuses. Now this battery here has got a cover on
it just to stop it moving about, again this is a Phillips head
so just undo that at each end, this one at this end is slightly awkward to get to
it's at bit of an angle so just remove that,
and then that cover just lifts off. Once you've got that cover off we're now
ready to remove the battery, now really this is a two handed job but obviously I'm
filming and I'm going to lift it out with one hand, there we go brilliant
stuff. Make sure you take that to your local recycling center do not put that
in the bin whatever you do! And the battery just sits in that plastic
container there just give it a visual check make sure there's no problems, that
container actually lifts out so you can check the chassis underneath. And before
we fit the new battery I'm just going to stop for a quick cup of tea.
Right so here is the brand new battery here so we just need to get that in, make sure you
put it the right way around. There's a link above now about the coolant check
on your Vespa and topping up the coolant. Okay so that battery is in, take the
terminals out of your rags and get those back on tighten them up manually first
before you put the electric screwdriver on, because you don't want to damage the
threads, I always do it very gently first until it catches. Then put your battery
cover back in this can only go one way around, again tighten the screws up
slowly first once you've got a bite on then you can use your electric
screwdriver. There's a link above now about checking your radiator fan on your
Vespa making sure that it works correctly because you do not want your
engine to overheat. Okay so we've got that battery cover back on nice and
tight now we just need to put the cover back on so just do this with your hand
to start with and then just tighten it up with your ratchet at the end. Don't
over tighten this so there we go let's just start it up make sure it's
all working.
[Engine starts] Oh that is superb. I think we better go for quick ride actually, why not?
Out on the open road beautiful sunny day quiet roads which is very rare. If you
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