Hi,
Thanks -
Battery is a yuasa 5000 silver from halfords. 900 cca which is higher than the bosch it replaced.
Both alternator and starter are NAPA, bought from local motor factors.
All the leads are as new - never seen a car so clean.
I'm out atm so I'll check later re disconnecting battery. From what I can see there's no coding required. The negative is a straight lead with nothing like an intelligent monitor.