S1 300Tdi battery

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Oh, mine has an N70ZZ in the LH position - it's the second battery.

Want pics?

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

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.

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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

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From 20/03/07 in this thread

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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)......

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And still going strong

Stevo

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Originally Posted by tassiedisco

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

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https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2008/05/33.jpg

Here's mine .... :cool:

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!

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Originally Posted by tassiedisco

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!

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If you go the supercharge route there is no modifying of anything and 670 cca is about as big as you'll ever need.