Griff Battery

[Griff Bitch]

Just gone to check oil water and the like in preparation for our recce to the IOM,battery dead Whats the best battery to get for the Griff , Cheers guys.

Dean used the wrong login, I am not that good a wife

Edited by Griff Bitch on Thursday 11th October 09:03

[mdotrutherford]

Hi, I found the following good gen for battery type, rating and even size on a search here
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
replaced mine in the summer not a bad job if your prepared to do it yourself.
Brgds
Ian

[Steve_T]

Useful tips I have picked up are to measure the old battery to make sure the new one fits (ask me how I know ) and to draw around the outline of the battery tray so you know where it should be when you bolt it back in. The cheapest good ones I've found are bosch batteries from Costco in Reading (you need to be a member), although one of the Cerb guys did have fitting problems with one.

Steve.

[mdotrutherford]

Blimey Steve, Reading Costco ?, me too, picked up a nice ultralow trolley jack from there as well !
And go on then, confession time?........
Ian

[shpub]

Download the battery chapter from

http://www.shpub.co.uk/tvrbooks/faq_battery.html

It should answer all the questions including how to fit it.

[Steve_T]

mdotrutherford said:

Blimey Steve, Reading Costco ?, me too, picked up a nice ultralow trolley jack from there as well !
And go on then, confession time?........
Ian

To get the last battery I fitted into the Cerb, I had to dremel away most of the plastic tabs on the side of the battery, to get it into the wing. I have one of their 3 ton trolley jacks, good value, fits under the car easily, but its one heavy mother!

Steve.

[mdotrutherford]

Nice one Steve, great gen in the links there particularly the "Chassis" one from the S Bible.
Going to print that off and stick it in the back of my Chim one.
Thanks

[mdotrutherford]

Steve_T said:

but its one heavy mother!

Is it ever good for a workout............

[TVRfix]

Dean/Alison

We've got a battery in stock, pop in today sometime and we will fit it for you.

Cheers

Claire

[Griff Bitch]

Doh, didn't think to give you a call. Managed to find one in stock from TAM in New Malden, Dean had just picked it up when I called him to say you had one.

Thanks anyway Claire