Thread: S1 300Tdi battery

In regards to the age of your battery there may be a marking branded into the top of it near the edge and it will be something like 22b7 which would make its production date 22/2/07 (a=Jan, b=Feb, c=Mar. etc). Not all batteries are marked like this but I'm near positive that most Exide batteries are.
Cheers,
Anthony.

Originally Posted by Xtreme

With slight reshaping of brackets securing pipes between battery and radiator, I managed to fit a larger battery in an SI 300Tdi.............(ed).........Roger

From 20/03/07 in this thread

Originally Posted by sschmez

When I fitted two N70's to my disco and had the same problem with the aircon pipes. My solution was to shorten the bracket by cutting it and then 2 x nut, bolt and springwasher. (or maybe nyloc's ... ...)

Once the bracket was shortened, I set about shortening the aircon pipes to fit the bracket again. I found that with some "careful massaging" I could bend the short sections into a sort of an "S" shape (on it's side) to take take up the slack. I had the grill off and was careful not to create anywhere that the pipes could rub and fracture.

I did it myself after getting a ridiculous "plumbers" quote from an aircon place that only saw the LR badge. This seems to have been quite successful ......(ed)......

And still going strong

Stevo

Originally Posted by tassiedisco

Yes please!! ASAP (Brrrrrr by the end of the week)

Here's mine ....

Stevo

I've done a bit of digging and it seems that the N50ZZ is the correct size for the S1 (although I've never seen one).

Thanks for the advice re fitting a N70. It seems that modifying the bracket and bending the a/c pipes may be the way to go. I must admit that (with my luck) I'm concerned about fracturing them.
I understand what you're saying about a/c fitters. It really doesn't matter what type of refrigeration system they work on the need to vac. it down, do the work and them refill with gas. This can be a lengthy process (in the case of my milk vats the fitters can be there for 4 or 5 hours fixing a simple leak...it's just the time that they are standing around that you pay for.) If you put you vehicle into a workshop they'll probably work 2 or 3 jobs at a time so they avoid standing around, however they may charge you for the total time the car's in the shop! So be aware!