mmaddock

New Member

• Sep 16, 2009

• #1

Long story short - I decided to buy a new battery for the P38 as the one that is in there (despite being fine) is the wrong size - far too small - and I was going to bump that one to another vehicle with a dead battery.

Bought a huge battery yesterday that is the right size for the P38, came to fit it and the terminals are the 'wrong way around' - which means that I have to put the battery in with the terminals in at the front, which caused a problem when trying to connect the battery because the terminal leads aren't long enough!!

I went to our local car parts place today and all the batteries they have in there are in the same sense as the one I bought!

Looks like I'm going to have a long search to find one the 'right' way around... never had that on a vehicle before.

Matt

 

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gavbriggs

Well-Known Member

• Sep 16, 2009

• #2

you can change the cables and in effect swop it round!!

 

mmaddock

New Member

• Sep 16, 2009

• #3

gavbriggs said:

you can change the cables and in effect swop it round!!

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You mean replace the main +ve and -ve cables?

 

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gavbriggs

Well-Known Member

• Sep 16, 2009

• #4

yep, the -ve cable is a bit of a pain to get off the body but get it off and reconnect when its on the battery, its on an inline type clip

 

mmaddock

New Member

• Sep 16, 2009

• #5

Not sure I can be bothered with that! and I can only imagine at the price of the cable over here!!

Plus, the P38's are far too sensitive to electrical wobbles - I'd prefer to leave as much of the electrics alone as possible!!

There is no big hurry - battery is fine, just wanted to upgrade it to the correct size whilst I had the chance. Got plenty of time to find one that goes in the vehicle ok, so I think I'll just hang out until I can get one that fits the vehicle as is.

Cheers,

Matt

 

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phantom21

New Member

• Sep 16, 2009

• #6

Can't you return the battery? You just need them to order the correct type. My local small factors had 4 in stock when i bought mine

 

mmaddock

New Member

• Sep 16, 2009

• #7

For sure! I'll take the battery back next time I'm up that way - got it from the supermarket as it was the cheapest one around by far, and in one of the French mags I read recently they tested a range of batteries and found the ones from that supermarket outperformed even expensive branded ones double the price!

 

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phantom21

New Member

• Sep 16, 2009

• #8

What you want is a code number of 334 or sometimes 250

 

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big dave2

New Member

• Sep 16, 2009

• #9

just fitted new battery to my 96 DSE its code no 644 terminals are the right way round ,bought it from local motor factors 61 squid sorted!