third time lucky for battery for t2

[chumba]

the battery died on the wife this mornin so arranged one for when i finished work to fit at a shocking price of £89.00 8O 8O 8O(i know metal shortage an all that)

came home put key in ignition and the blower was on full and the radio blaring away -blond- so turned em off and it started :lol: after more than the normal few cranks

no wonder it wouldnt start if the power was low i calmly expained to the wife :evil:

anyway to the point.picked up battery, came home to fit it and it was to big -banghead- -banghead- so back to shop to be shown and told thats the one listed.but it overhung the tray an inch and half and had no lip at the front of batt to fix holding bracket to.

that was number 270 for a t2 2.7 td.
so the factors said maybe it was number 96 for a 2.7d but the terminals were wrong way round :roll:

so replaced it with the number 69 which was on there in the first place and only £52.00 but he said its only 70 amps and should have something with bigger ampage to turn the beast over.fingers crossed all seems well

so what is the right battery :?: .im gonna ring nissan tommorow to check

 

[t-jay]

i've just put a 95amh in my mav. starts first time, even with the frost we had this morning. a flat battery could also be a sign that the alternator might be on itys way out.

 

[chumba]

me cousins an auto sparky an he checked before i brought the battery and its pushing out 13.9 volts just on tick over

 

[jace]

im strugling to get a battery thought itd be same as patrol sein as share engine but different size and terminals wrong way round probibly just change battery leads for longer ones and bung big battery in there!

 

[t-jay]

jace, do you go past chipping norton very often?

 

[jace]

i have been in the general area believe it or not our local rail network is l/spa to london so if were local its anywhere in between if its distance anywhere south lol thame princes risbrough usaul hits! is that where your based then mate?

 

[t-jay]

i live in a little village just out side moreton-in-marsh called lower lemington. chipping norton is about 6 miles along the a44 out of moreton. tyre and battery placee there called carteton tyres. had loads of batteries the other day when i went in for my new battery, left and right hand ones.

 

[iansjones]

I had an issue trying to get a new battery for my T2. I wanted a heavy duty one but could not get one to fit.
I think the one i have on is 70amph. Runs lovelly.

 

[jace]

i was at cas in leamington the only one that they had was real low ah wouldnt have lasted long. they reckoned they rang jap spares place in cov to no avail its strugling if truck hasnt been used for few days as a rule its never stood long enough to get cold! ive got loadsa battery leads in shed from when mate worked a benfords lol,we did do bit round chippin cambden about year ago but that not far enough south for you!

 

[t-jay]

here's their no. in case you want to give them call.

01608 642245

 

[jace]

aint that same code as shipston?

 

[t-jay]

yep.

 

[jace]

but shipston miles from you? soa got different code to leam weird!

 

[t-jay]

shipton-on-stour only 5 miles from me. about 9 miles from shipston to chipping norton.

 

[jace]

u near long compton? mate mine built few houses down there, i had snack van in layby outside shipston for while one of his lads mrs ran it for me!

 

[t-jay]

yep not far away. long compton is between moreton and chipping norton.

 

[jace]

probibly flown past you on fosse then maverick was always in shipston one lads used to live over there maybe even the transit never really used to let that outve me sight it was my baby lol!

 

[t-jay]

yeah probably :lol: small world aint it :lol:

 

[jace]

certainly is mate was down your way in floods playin in water it was good in shipston!

 

[t-jay]

yep it certainly was a bit damp :lol: took my mav through a little village called paxford, other side of fosse to shipston, had the water upto the windows :lol: some idiot tryed driving his '05' evo through moreton. mate of mine said he floored it, skimmed across water for about 20 yards then sank like a submarine :!: all you could see was the roof. he should have left it in the middle of the high street where it was parked where the water only came up about six inches. expensive mistake 8O