Rac could not fix it, any ideas?

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sabre1966

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Car been in the garage for a month or so and the battery is dead flat, the problem is that it only just fits into the garage and the boot cannot be opened to access the battery> RAC man was stumped as will not go into N and so i cannot get the car out ????? Can anybody help please. Access is really limited except for the drivers side of the car and it only just fits into the garage:dk: with 2cm to spare.
 
Car been in the garage for a month or so and the battery is dead flat, the problem is that it only just fits into the garage and the boot cannot be opened to access the battery> RAC man was stumped as will not go into N and so i cannot get the car out ????? Can anybody help please. Access is really limited except for the drivers side of the car and it only just fits into the garage:dk: with 2cm to spare.

Stick a pen down the gear shifter so you can get it out of gear and roll it out.
 
Has the car got one of those little access screw thingies next to the gear selector? You know - the one which allows you to poke the selector out of Park. Search for that on here if in doubt.

If not, then you are probably going to have to resort to trolley-jacking the car out of the garage, or some similar means of skullduggery.
 
Get 4 guys to drag it out, ropes around the back axle, use loads of neat Fairy Liquid to lubricate the drive tyres where the contact the ground.

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none of the above work on the CL guys...

You either need to get into the boot by lubricating the lock or find a positive battery lead that you can feed to get the ignition on which will allow you to pop the boot with the button on the door.
 
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none of the above work on the CL guys...

You either need to get into the boot by lubricating the lock or find a positive battery lead that you can feed to get the ignition on which will allow you to pop the boot with the button on the door.
the boot is close to the wall so will not open because of the wall which is 2cm away???
 
Trolley jacks it is then.

How can he get trolley jacks under the rear axle, there is no space round the car.

If you really can't find a live point in the engine bay, try the cigarette lighter, with IGN on.
If there really is no electrical connection available at all just tow it out of the garage in park, it won't damage anything.

Caveat:

The gearbox park mechanism is designed to jump under excess load, but you could have a weak gearbox.
 

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