[British-cars] Fwd: Need two 6volt batteries to fit '65 MGB

[Roger Garnett]

Been using single group 26 batteries in MGB's for years. A Sears diehard,
for example is 525 CCA...


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Roger Garnett <rwgarnett at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [British-cars] Need two 6volt batteries to fit '65 MGB
To: Bob Loewenstein <rfl at yerkes.uchicago.edu>


If you really want 6 volters? - (stickler for originality?)  It's really
easy to switch to a single 12V instead, for 1/2 the price of 2x6 Volt

A 12V group 26 battery works nicely. Takes about 10 minutes, and no rocket
science to change.

1) Pull the cover & 6V batteries, noting first which battery terminal (+ or
-) is connected to where.
2) in the box with the Hot wire is (long wire going to the front of the
car), remove the wire that goes to the 2nd battery.
3) Move the ground wire from the other box, and bolt it to bare metal of
the frame in the box where the Hot wire is located. (or install a new
ground wire.)
4) Then install the battery in that box, connecting the proper Pos & Neg
wires to the correct battery terminals.
Done.

Notes:

This car is originally Positive ground, unless it's been converted to
Negative ground. That means - Neg goes to hot, and + Pos to ground (body).

You may need to adjust the hold-down clamp angle iron a bit to fit, but
don't go without - you don't want the battery & connectons bumping against
the battery cover going over a bump. [ZAP!]

And don't stretch the ground wire across the drive shaft to reach from one
side to the other, as it will rub against and wear through.

Roger


On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Bob Loewenstein <rfl at yerkes.uchicago.edu>wrote:

> So far, I've been unable to find 6 volt batteries that will fit. Does
> anyone
> know where to get batteries that fit?? I've tried Tractor Supply stores,
> which
> didn't fi (slightly too large.
>
> Hoping some of you out there know where to get batteries that fit. The
> Roadster Factor doesn't have batteries. Their site shows the batteries,
> but I
> called and got the response that the batteries came from England and are no
> longe available.
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-- 
Roger Garnett
rwgarnett at gmail.com



-- 
Roger Garnett
rwgarnett at gmail.com