Whilst undoing all the nuts so I can get battery out to give it a proper charge.
I've lost the neg nut (the one on the shocky tower) somewhere in the engine bay.

As yet I haven't found it.
Is it essential to have that nut on or not.

Thanks

I have no idea what a 'shocks tower' is

Do you have a photo ?

If LR deemed a nut necessary it should still be there.
You don't need to remove the battery to charge it, it quite happily charges on the car without any problems.

"Shocky " shock absorber?

If you can't find it then just replace with an equivalent standard nut. You need a nut on there because from memory it secures the suspension leg (it might be an extra point though), you don't necessarily need a neg post terminal which is just there to aid jump starting.

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Looking at a photo it's an extra point purely for the negative which is not structural, you don't necessarily need it as it's only there for jump starting. Whack a couple of ordinary nuts on there.

I suggest you try and find the original nut though, not because you need it but because you don't know where it's sitting right now, it could cause a potential problem later on (wear through another component).

Thanks weejock.

if it comes to it i doubt the original nut will cost a lot to buy from a dealer.

you obviously don't know Land Rover Australia then . 2008 MY Supercharged
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four zone climate
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and no ugly kid windows.
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I know Land-Rover UK, while they do rip you off on most things, small fixings like nuts bolts and clips aren't normally very expensive.

I mean ok, you might pay £1 for a plastic trim clip that probably cost pennies to make, but still it's only £1.

I'd still ask them. I mean you don't want to waste an hour trying to find something that fits when it would have only cost £5 or something for the proper part.