New battery suggestions?
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Any recommendations on any online places to get a battery for a 98 chimaera from? From memory it's an 072 battery is this correct? Also, are 072 all the same size?
Any suggestions of a good quality brand to buy?
Anyone who has bought one recently that can suggest a place to buy it from, not got a chance to get to a shop during the week, but like to fit one night.
Any suggestions of a good quality brand to buy?
Anyone who has bought one recently that can suggest a place to buy it from, not got a chance to get to a shop during the week, but like to fit one night.
I've binned the std battery and battery box on mine and stuck one of these and a battery clamp in the foot well.
http://www.powervamp.com/products/odyssey-pc925-ba...
spins over very nicely
http://www.powervamp.com/products/odyssey-pc925-ba...
spins over very nicely
Timja said:
Any recommendations on any online places to get a battery for a 98 chimaera from? From memory it's an 072 battery is this correct? Also, are 072 all the same size?
Any suggestions of a good quality brand to buy?
Anyone who has bought one recently that can suggest a place to buy it from, not got a chance to get to a shop during the week, but like to fit one night.
The problem here is, nobody on PH is likely to be qualified or able to tell you a good battery from a bad one.Any suggestions of a good quality brand to buy?
Anyone who has bought one recently that can suggest a place to buy it from, not got a chance to get to a shop during the week, but like to fit one night.
Seriously, it is only a battery. Pop down to Halfords or your local motorfactor if you want local. Or just go an ebay and buy a new one off there.
There's been many threads on this. The type 072 has the terminals the right way round, as does the 069 which is only 5mm wider and higher in dimension.
Many online battery provider car checks come up with the type 075, but the terminals are the other way round and the battery is 50mm lower in height.
There are some quite a bit cheaper but it's your choice:
https://www.tayna.co.uk/069-Enduroline-Car-Battery...
Many online battery provider car checks come up with the type 075, but the terminals are the other way round and the battery is 50mm lower in height.
There are some quite a bit cheaper but it's your choice:
https://www.tayna.co.uk/069-Enduroline-Car-Battery...
Not really comparing like for like. AGM batteries are much better IMO as they survive being deep cycled (often an issue with TVRs as they take a punch when started and you can't (usually) take a battery conditioner to Le Mans!). Also they don't spill acid if the worst happens and you turn it shiny side up. See http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/absorbe...
Odyssey were my first choice but after quite a bit of research, I found the Varta AGM Stop-Start ones do pretty much the same thing for less money (like for like).
Of course non-AGM batteries served TVR fairly well for many years and are much cheaper so you pays your money...
Odyssey were my first choice but after quite a bit of research, I found the Varta AGM Stop-Start ones do pretty much the same thing for less money (like for like).
Of course non-AGM batteries served TVR fairly well for many years and are much cheaper so you pays your money...
I've just replaced the battery in my 99, 4.5 Chimaera. Bought the battery from Eurocarparts online, got a 20% mid month discount and collected it on Saturday morning. It was a 69 and fitted perfectly.
Make sure you search for fitting advice as drawing round the battery box before removing the two 13mm bolts from underneath saved a great deal of time when putting the replacement battery back in.
Make sure you search for fitting advice as drawing round the battery box before removing the two 13mm bolts from underneath saved a great deal of time when putting the replacement battery back in.
If you lever up the battery box and jam a wedge under it you can often put just enough load on the captive nut to stop it spinning and so allow you to undo the bolt.
If not cut out the front face of the battery box and slide the battery out towards you, you can then deal with the spinning captive nut, epoxy putty can be your friend here. Slide your new battery in and use a simple strap or bicycle inner tube around the outside of the box to hold it in.
In my opinion the TVR battery box is not really necessary anyway and causes more trouble than its worth, yes your battery needs to be secure as it's part of the MoT test but there are better ways to secure it than a fibreglass box with tricky to align and often spinning captive nuts.
You could even argue the carpeted kick board is enough to call the battery secure but if you want to anchor it to the floor I'd be tempted to delete the battery box entirely and bolt in a steel battery tray which are cheap & readily available off FleaBay.
Once the tray is secured to the floor you can lift your battery in and out easily without all the captive nut and box nonsense. Secure the battery to the tray using hook bolts and a bridging bar as shown above or simply use a strap like this...
An infinitely better and more convenient solution than the stupid TVR battery box idea
If not cut out the front face of the battery box and slide the battery out towards you, you can then deal with the spinning captive nut, epoxy putty can be your friend here. Slide your new battery in and use a simple strap or bicycle inner tube around the outside of the box to hold it in.
In my opinion the TVR battery box is not really necessary anyway and causes more trouble than its worth, yes your battery needs to be secure as it's part of the MoT test but there are better ways to secure it than a fibreglass box with tricky to align and often spinning captive nuts.
You could even argue the carpeted kick board is enough to call the battery secure but if you want to anchor it to the floor I'd be tempted to delete the battery box entirely and bolt in a steel battery tray which are cheap & readily available off FleaBay.
Once the tray is secured to the floor you can lift your battery in and out easily without all the captive nut and box nonsense. Secure the battery to the tray using hook bolts and a bridging bar as shown above or simply use a strap like this...
An infinitely better and more convenient solution than the stupid TVR battery box idea
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