battery info please, not dual

[surf-wejd]

My battery is suddenly knackered on my 1990 2.4 (single battery), I’m purty sure its not the alternator as she wont even charge on a charger.
Shame cuss the one that was in it cost the last owners 260 squid.
Anyway, I obviously don’t want the same battery, as that’s silly money so what battery do I want and how much roughly will it be.
Before you ask I have searched other threads but everything I have found was for dual batteries.
Cheers
Will

[Albannach]

£60+ I'd expect to pay about £90-£120 in the likes of Halfords (if you have no trade card).

[BUSHWHACKER]

260 bucks for a battery???

Was it an Optima?

[surf-wejd]

cool, what do i ask for as most places dont have surfs on there records and cant help me. and i have a halfords trade card but also a good motor factors.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Minimum 650 cca or 90ah. and make sure the + & - are the right way 'round depending which side your battery is fitted.

[surf-wejd]

260 bucks for a battery???

Was it an Optima?

yer thats what i thought when i looked through recepts. they were also charger 2400 to fix the gear box. they got ripped

[surf-wejd]

Minimum 650 cca or 90ah. and make sure the + & - are the right way 'round depending which side your battery is fitted.

cool cheers man.

[tornado666]

66 quid from halfords i got 1 last week for my 1990 surf.

[surf-wejd]

66 quid from halfords i got 1 last week for my 1990 surf.

cheers man, is that with a trade card?
and did you ask for a surf one or a cca 650?

[tornado666]

cheers man, is that with a trade card?
and did you ask for a surf one or a cca 650?

surf one and without trade card

[surf-wejd]

just phoned local motorfactor and they say the surf battery is 550 cca / 70ah and they dont do cca 650 or above.
would 550cca work?

[BUSHWHACKER]

just phoned local motorfactor and they say the surf battery is 550 cca / 70ah and they dont do cca 650 or above.
would 550cca work?

The dual battery set up is around 700 cca total, so 650cca for a single is the minimum really, otherwise the battery won't last long trying to start a diesel, especially in these freezing temperatures.

[surf-wejd]

ok. well the local scrappy has 2 immaculate 3.0's with dual battery. just wondering how easy it is to remove and put into my 2.4?

[BUSHWHACKER]

ok. well the local scrappy has 2 immaculate 3.0's with dual battery. just wondering how easy it is to remove and put into my 2.4?

Do you mean convert to a dual battery set up?

You'll need a battery cable long enough to go from + to + on each battery, then a seperate earth cable to attach to the inner wing on the second battery.

[surf-wejd]

yer a dual battery instalation.

so it simply + to + and - to car.

i was going to get the kit out of one of the 3ltr's and then further down the line get a isolator.