Battery Advice Needed

plook said:

Poor exciter wire> What is that?

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I dont know either, but its got me excited already

Exciter wire = wire from ignition to solenoid on top of the starter which excites the starter

Cypermethrin said:

Exciter wire = wire from ignition to solenoid on top of the starter which excites the starter

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Could do with one of those for the missus

LeadFarmer said:

What battery exactly do you have?

The standard spec LandRover battery is rated up to about CCA630 (Cold Cranking Amps)

Ive just fitted a Varta I4 which has a CCA680 rating. As soon as the cold weather came a few days ago, my battery was struggling to start, so Ive bought a new one.

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All my vehicles (three tractors two landrovers) are fitted with 663 type batterys, make Charger heavy duty of 710 cca.all supplied by my local agricultural parts dealer.

Thank you all for the advice. this morning i let the coil (choke on mine) light go out and it started first time. I guess i am a jerk.

I put a brand new bosch in mine the other week, which is perfect. 110Ah I think and about 900a starting power, so it works really nice. Got it from Halfords for £110

plook said:

Thank you all for the advice. this morning i let the coil (choke on mine) light go out and it started first time. I guess i am a jerk.

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My son eventually came back with the 90 last night, on looking at it, you're correct, the light does have a "choke" symbol on it which is incorrect as it's a diesel, that proves that Landrover were too lazy to have 2 different sets of dash lights, and used the old V8 petrol dash in the diesel models as well.
Anyway, you've now learnt the correct way to start it, if you start it like that wheneever it's been stood for a good few hours, it'll be fine.

A couple folks have mentioned ones rated for way higher output than factory spec. Is that a way to get a longer life and/or easy cranks - or a path to a fried starter and/or smoking Landy?

kavefish said:

A couple folks have mentioned ones rated for way higher output than factory spec. Is that a way to get a longer life and/or easy cranks - or a path to a fried starter and/or smoking Landy?

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Higher spec batteries will not damage anything on the vehicle.
A battery is only a *storeroom* for the electricity (for want of a better way to put it)
Fords used to put the smallest battery they could on their cars (might still do!) and if the car didn't start within the first couple of tries, then the battery was flat, whereas a larger capacity battery will give you a lot more tries.

On some 4x4's where you can't get a 2nd battery, if you intend to use an electric winch, then it's best to get the highest capacity battery that you can get.