DM

I need a new Heavy duty battery - what size should I
buy?

Many thanks

Tim Hobbs

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 06:22:06 GMT, DM <sx@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I need a new Heavy duty battery - what size should I
>buy?
>
>Many thanks

069 I think is the standard fit. Be careful about the terminal config
though - my 95 had such short cables that even with the same layout
some batteries couldn't fit due to recessed terminals or similar.

Truck factors and back-street auto factors tend to be MUCH cheaper
than Halfords and the like.


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Samuel

"DM" <sx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d0dfbe8de13c21b989680@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk...
> I need a new Heavy duty battery - what size should I
> buy?
>
> Many thanks
>

I'm not sure what the disco set-up is, but generally the best method is to
take off the top mounting plate (the bit that get's screwed down on top of
the battery), take that into a battery shop and get the biggest battery that
will fit into it. Also must take into account the terminal positions of the
leads on the disco are particularly short.

Sam.

Austin Shackles

On or around Mon, 06 Jun 2005 06:22:06 GMT, DM <sx@hotmail.com> enlightened
us thusly:

>I need a new Heavy duty battery - what size should I
>buy?

what engine?

the small commercial battery (type 643 or 644, whichever has the terminals
in the right place) will just (by about 1/4") fit in the 300 TDi. You have
to re-route a wire which runs round the end of the battery, and you have to
modify the hold-down clamp.

I don't think it'll fit the V8, although I've not tried - rad looks wider.

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beamendsltd

In message <gtv7a1ppo3v268n1ih2qskch7mtna42ibj@4ax.com>
Tim Hobbs <tim@101ambulance-urine.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 06:22:06 GMT, DM <sx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I need a new Heavy duty battery - what size should I
> >buy?
> >
> >Many thanks
>
> 069 I think is the standard fit. Be careful about the terminal config
> though - my 95 had such short cables that even with the same layout
> some batteries couldn't fit due to recessed terminals or similar.
>
> Truck factors and back-street auto factors tend to be MUCH cheaper
> than Halfords and the like.
>
>

That's right. We supply Fiamm, and we've never had a warranty claim
(why do I get the feeling that I'm going to regret saying that!).

Apart from the fact that a bigger battery won't fit without
hacking things about, if it won't start with an 069 you need to
find out what the problem is - a bigger battery just postpones
doing the diagnosis.

Richard
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Austin Shackles

On or around Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:00:08 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
<beamendsltd@btconnect.com> enlightened us thusly:

>>
>> Truck factors and back-street auto factors tend to be MUCH cheaper
>> than Halfords and the like.
>>
>>
>
>That's right. We supply Fiamm, and we've never had a warranty claim
>(why do I get the feeling that I'm going to regret saying that!).
>
>Apart from the fact that a bigger battery won't fit without
>hacking things about, if it won't start with an 069 you need to
>find out what the problem is - a bigger battery just postpones
>doing the diagnosis.

true. I forgot to add that when I fitted the 643 (or 644) to ours, it was
about 20 quid cheaper for more battery than the local source of 069s.

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He marks - not that you won or lost - but how you played the game"
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