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New Battery
ben_haynes:
or you could make up a bracket out of a piece of flat bar and bend it round the battery top and drill hole each end and use original pins
BigA:
--- Quote from: ben_haynes on February 24, 2008, 14:56:06 ---or you could make up a bracket out of a piece of flat bar and bend it round the battery top and drill hole each end and use original pins
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That would work, but my theory only needs a pair of mole grips and a hammer :lol:
Ratchet strap a good idea though
ben_haynes:
--- Quote from: BigA on February 24, 2008, 15:04:35 ---Ratchet strap a good idea though
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just dont use them big ones that secure vehicles to trailers though they abit of a pain to fit and remove and the bonnet doesnt close properly :doh: :lol: :lol:
mike142sl:
--- Quote from: landroverkeith on February 24, 2008, 10:05:00 --- :wink: ty for the offer but i just bit the bullet and went down halfrauds and bought a hd caclium all singing and dancing one for 96 of my hard earned pennys
:shock: even though when fitted my battery clamp is about a inch to short in height and depth to clamp it down ???
been back to the shop and made sure i bought the right one even took in the clamp with me to measure and it wont fit even the standard battery they say is made to "original equipment spec" odd innit
so now ive gotta make a new clamp some how :evil:
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96p for a battery :shock: no wonder it didn't fit :rolleyes:
Perhaps you meant pounds, well the one I bought for the TD5 was only £4 more and they fitted it - you might as well go OE for all the messin' about you've got with clamps etc.
muddyjames:
--- Quote from: landroverkeith on February 24, 2008, 10:05:00 --- :wink: ty for the offer but i just bit the bullet and went down halfrauds and bought a hd caclium all singing and dancing one for 96 of my hard earned pennys
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you should have gone and spent 10more of your pennys and got the td5 one. It just fits in the space and turns the engine over much faster. It is what I did last winter.
--- Quote from: landroverkeith on February 24, 2008, 10:05:00 ---
:shock: even though when fitted my battery clamp is about a inch to short in height and depth to clamp it down ???
been back to the shop and made sure i bought the right one even took in the clamp with me to measure and it wont fit even the standard battery they say is made to "original equipment spec" odd innit
so now ive gotta make a new clamp some how :evil:
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Cable ties. just join a few together and make a continuous loop out of them. It is fiddly getting your hand in but both my cars have cable ties for a battery clamp and gone through 3 mot's like it so far and not a prob. The landy clamp has a bit of metal that is in the way. could always saw it off?
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