Jason1969 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Anyone have any pics of this in place? I think I have been given the wrong size battery by my motor factors.ThanksJason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpitNoir Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Wish I had pics, but my main computer is down for the count, so it might be awhile. But I'm not using the factory style, so it probably wouldn't have helped anyway.In the meantime, back to the top of the page!Not sure about the '79 in your sig, but the '65 used a simple bit of angle-iron (for lack of a better term) the width of the battery, with a bit of a twist and a hole drilled in each corner.Simple J-bolts hold it down to the leading edge of the battery by angling down to the two holes in the battery box.I'm just using a store-bought standard rectangular framed hold-down with J-hooks in a vertical fashion down to those same holes.This method is secure and clean looking, but not as safe or as simple as the factory. Too much metal frame close to the terminals in my opinion. So I'll probably build something along the lines of the original.Good luck.Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Does this help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Now, which battery have they supplied? The one in the pic above isn't "correct" but looks like an 075 or 063 type, far easier to find than the original 038/015 batteries (063 is bigger and often cheaper, bosch 3yr ones £30delivered from the RAC website)Also the original batteries had the terminals at the front next to the clamp, where the larger ones locate them at the back as above, better (as less likely to short across the clamp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Full marks all round to Clive.Here's a pic of mine just after I got it and was trial-fitting. Numax, and also available in black! Have a Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason1969 Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Thanks everyone, it is the same as the Numax one. I never fitted a battery clamp in all the years I owned the car but I know it's an MOT failure so I thought I'd better make sure it was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piman Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Hello Clive, are you saying the factory fitted the battery as in reply 4 - 5 , that is something I have considered to be wrong, i.e. as you say it's preferable have the terminals at the rear?Alec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Indeed, smithys numax is as they came from the factory. And yes, I MUCH prefer the terminals at the rear.(now waiting for a reply from smithy ;D ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 My spitfire battery clamp is completely different to those pictured.Mine fits across the top face of the battery......mines a dual circuit brake version if that changes things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprtz Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 mine is fitted like this, a little more distance to the terminals for safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 cliftyhanger wrote:Indeed, smithys numax is as they came from the factory. And yes, I MUCH prefer the terminals at the rear.(now waiting for a reply from smithy ;D )Hmmm. Still thinking of one Clive. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev W Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Here's mine.... Although it is a Spitfire Coupe as Smithy would call it (or some such!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 "Unconvertible". ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cook1e Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 When I needed a new battery I measured the battery tray and went for the highest rated battery I could find at the cash and carry that had the right terminals and would fit the tray... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltddirk Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Driving back from the NEC on a rainy evening with a dodgy alternator and afraid that the battery might not last on the motorway. I stopped at a "quick fit" to buy a spare battery. The salesman refused to sell me any because he did not have any for the Roadster. I had to call in the manager to make him understand that any battery with the poles on the correct position and delivering 12 volts is the right battery. Apparently not so by EU rules and the warranty of the car might be void if they fitted the wrong one...... On a 62 yr old car, defund maker warranty????Eventually he sold me one but only if i was going to fit it myself!Oh what has become of the trade?Dirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkuser Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Incredible Dirk.Specialists are said to know more and more about less and less but I find people seem to know less and less about more and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black6osprey Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 smithy wrote:Full marks all round to Clive.Here's a pic of mine just after I got it and was trial-fitting. Numax, and also available in black! Have a Google. I'm not saying a word but.. Ahem.. Smithy has his clamp upside down ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Worse still, it won't make much of a connection with the cap still on that positive pole......... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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