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G'day Rod,Quote:
Originally Posted by 67hardtop
Nope - just a wee difference of opinion on the merits of vehicles from the the 1970-80s. I see the spares vehicles as resources that have valuable parts on them that are not as readily available as they once were. The other person's opinion has already been stated in an earlier posting. They reckon opposites attract and it has worked for us for over 30 years so far.
Kind Regards
Lionel
G'day Ian,Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
Unfortunately the Japanese in the 1970-80's did not see the merit in those bent bits of iron that fit at the front of the engine. Nor, is there a decompression valve in the two cylinder diesel engine. We are talking about a Yanmar Tractor
Kind Regards
Lionel
G'day Rod,
Just read your signature line - is the Athol Hedges roof a type of safari roof?
Kind Regards
Lionel
No Lionel, its just a steel roof with rounded corners and its the same height front to back, unlike land rover roofs that slope down at the front. They tend not to last too long coz they suffer from rust coz they werent really rust proofed.
Cheers Rod
Hello All,
I heard back from the USA Yanmar Group - word is that the original parts manual states that the battery to quote "calls for a N70Z battery" which is what I have with the N70ZZ. I also found somewhere else that the battery is specified just as 12v 75 ah.
The Century N70ZZ is rated at 85 amp hours so it is better than the specifications - although the specs do date back to the 1970-80.
Some of the latest Century Ultra batteries are rated at 95 or 100 amp hours. When I checked the Century bank for Land Rover Series III Petrol and diesel 109s the current battery is not coming up as the recommended ones - only the "Ultras". Yes they the dearest ones - funny that!
Well at least something is right with the N70 being fitted to my Yanmar tractor [wink11] I will trace the circuits back from the battery after I replace the earth lead to find out what else is possibly amiss.
Kind Regards
Lionel
Don't know if it's been covered,but a static charge doesn't mean much. OK,it needs to be@12.6 v but you need to check it under load. The battery could have a n open circuit cell. Good voltage static,0 v under load.
Lionel,
It seems to be a bit of a secret but Century had a bad batch of Overlander batteries & your purchase date seems to fit. I had one fail in less than a year & it was replaced under warranty after being sent back to Century. I think that was done in Feb last year. I crossed the Simpson later in June & because I run 2 batteries parallel, I never noticed that the replacement battery had failed too. As I bought the battery from a specialist shop I went back with the second battery & when I said that it had taken some horrible corrugations & the Simpson (5,000 klm) it was swapped no questions asked.
Naturally I was reluctant to settle on the same model ( N770Z 4WD Overlander) however the owner assured me that there was some "design Improvements" done & that there had been a problem with some earlier batteries.
I've done a few high plains trips with no further issues.
Regards, David
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionelgee
Did you get kermit the tractor sorted yet Lionel??
Cheers Rod
I have one of these, these little mini jumper starters are brilliant, not this exact model, but close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionelgee
Mini Jumpstarter™ is a mulit-function Jumpstarter and POWER bank
Sounds like the battery, not the starter, was your issue.