battery

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

now before forking out the hard earned cash to buy one tomorrow ,i want to make sure the battery is really buggered rather than being in need of topping up or a faulty alternator etc .

what can i look for ?

also in case i have to buy a new one ( never done before and dont know how it works ) . is it like ,go to the shop buy new battery ,stick it on the car and drive away or is it a bit more complicated that ,the battery needs an initial charging etc before fitment?????????

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

you just buy the battery, stick it in and away you go. It will be charged and will start the car straight from the shop. If it doesn't, it is fucked and you dont want it, get a refund.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

righteo , cheers neal .

the haynes does not mention anything about the specific battery to with the valver , i remember chris was saying a 600a battery would do the job nicely ,is that the optimum battery to buy ?

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

All the same really, but get a 60Ah one for plenty of cranking juice Wink

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

cheers matey ,will do

dont want to know the prices though Crying or Very sad

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Higher the ampage the better really. The battery in my valver cost about 25 quid from some place near York.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

25 quid is not bad at all ,was that one of them once in a lifetime bargains or are they about that price?

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

I think that was standard price, I think...it does the job.

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 1141

It came from a local motorfactors, own branded "Drivemaster" I think - Â£25, had a few quite good batterys. Bosch Silver Tops are good little batterys too.

A.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

cheers guys Smile

will have a look in motor world ,the local factors and halfords tomorow

Gay Rights Activist Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1268

is there not a GMF over your way mate?

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

GMF ?

Gay Rights Activist Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1268

Glamorgan motor factors

have a look in the yellow pages under "motor factors". there wil be cheaper places than motorworld, halfords etc

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

ayee we got LDS here as the local motor factors ,my neighbour could get the fecking thing for the trade price if i could wait till he comes home on saturday

could i give the battery a few days kick with topping the water up if its low ??? which i did not have time to check yet

Gay Rights Activist Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1268

cool. well i would say Â£25 is the going rate. halfords will be about Â£60

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

ok ,i decided to post on this thread about my starting problems ratehr than feckin somebody elses thread .

chris ,i have been to halfords today and they connected that stuff on my battery ,i have seen the reading from the thing myself .
265 amps ,the battery is a 620 amp battery
it also read 12,37v
and on the screen it said "change battery" cool machine Smile

until i realised it was referring to a halfords battery obviously Smile

they offered me 2 different ones ,one is a 300 cold cranking amp one and the other 400 , are not they a bit low being 380-400 while the one o my balck rt was a 620 amp???????

anyway prices were 40 and 60 quid for these 2 batteries,did not buy any of them .

now how does this theory sound like ????????

the battery was duff in the first place ,giving a reading of 265 amps ,i put it in the valver and used it for 2 months having problems starting up when hot and started up after a few cranks when cold (cause the battery was low ) . but today again after a 5 minute drive i turned ther engine off and parked came back after an hour it started after a few cranks (which means alternator is doing some work )
also when it was not starting up i put jump leads on there from my neighbours car and started up straight away

so after all this am i right thinking
the battery is duff
alternator is working fine
and the starter is fine when a new battery is fitted

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

battery is duff.

got to a factors and get a big mofo battery.

the standard are 400 for the 16V, the bigger the better though.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

even 700 woudl be good i remeber you saying ages a go .
will buy the battery tomorrow now , have been arsing around on the car all day needlesly

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

battery prices from various places

halfords /halfords make 400 amp -4 years quarantee = 60 quid

motor world/exide make 400 amp 4 years quarantee = 53.99

lds(local factors) /exide make 600 amp 4 years quarantee = 45quid

look at the difference
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Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

Being mega-skint when I needed a new battery I paid Â£5 for one from the Scrappy's and it's doing great Very Happy