VERY URGENT...is the battery screwed to the chassis or....

[bcadou]

....Attached to anything ?
I cannot remove the battery.
What's the procedure ? Wheel has beeb removed, I can access the battery case but cannot go any further ?
Could anyone help ?

[DonkeyApple]

Can't help with a Tuscan directly but the fibre glass battery box on my Griff had a bolt through the bottom into the floor of the shell to hold it in place.

[nawarne]

OK - the battery on my car (Mk.1 2004) is held into the tray with a 'cranked' plate that is held down with a 13mm nylock on the outboard side of the compartment.
The stud is welded to the outboard outrigger and the cranked plate bears down on the moulding on the battery.

My new battery is a really tight fit and I had to jiggle the loose plate and the battery to get it to 'drop' in within the tube perimeter. Persevere.
Nick

[bcadou]

thank you guys

Nick, I am trying to understand but it is not easy (i am not a native english speaker). Do anyone have a picture of this? (I will keep searching for the element you mention tomorrow in daylight, too dark now).

thank you again

[nawarne]

OK - I've never posted a photo on PH....because I'm a bit of a numpty with computers.

However, here is a link to Graham Varleys website, which will give a better description with pictures of the battery 'fixings'. In fact Graham's book is well worth buying, as although written for his Sagaris, does cover all the drivetrain for the Speed 6 cars.

Scroll down to get the stuff on the battery: http://www.varleyhyd.com/SpeedSix.asp.

Nick

[rm55]

I'm trying not to be rude but I'm not sure how you can fail to see it...



This is the only clip but it is quite possible it has been removed because it rusted away.If it is missing then there is nothing holding the battery in place - this is why they tend to catch fire.

[bcadou]

Thank you

[nawarne]

That's what I was trying to describe!

A picture is worth a 1000 words!
If you look closely at picture you can just make out the (removeable) bottom plate that the battery 'sits' on. I replaced the original with a VARTA battery - supposedly of the correct spec' re: dimensions, but it was a very tight fit in the space, hence the need to jiggle the plate/battery to get it to fit.
Nick

[Full Throttle]

rm55 said:

I'm trying not to be rude but I'm not sure how you can fail to see it...



This is the only clip but it is quite possible it has been removed because it rusted away.If it is missing then there is nothing holding the battery in place - this is why they tend to catch fire.

The bracket does next to nothing to hold the battery in place. As shown in this picture a nylon strap to the chassis does more!

I have made brackets that hold battery in place! and a battery with terminals the correct way around. + not near chassis!

[bcadou]

thanks guys, all sorted

and to answer on why I couldnt see it: try replacing a tuscan battery at 8pm in the 3rd lower level of an NCP with no lamp . A miracle I managed to remove the wheel yet i think .

[rm55]

bcadou said:

try replacing a tuscan battery at 8pm in the 3rd lower level of an NCP with no lamp . A miracle I managed to remove the wheel yet i think .

Fair enough, you're probably lucky you made it out alive!

[nelly1]

Mine wasn't held in at all originally, so I updated mine thus:-