P38A Battery Drain!!

brianp38dse said:

That's a toy battery, as I said before 110- 120 ah 1000cca cant go wrong with that size.

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a reeeeeaaaaallllllll battery , lol

brianp38dse said:

That's a toy battery, as I said before 110- 120 ah 1000cca cant go wrong with that size.

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I thought it looked small!

will get a BIGGER replacement

funrover said:

I thought it looked small!

will get a BIGGER replacement

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this was the one i bought , as we have different landies i don't know what the max size battery u can install ,

https://www.tayna.co.uk/EA1000-Exide-Premium-Car-Battery-017TE-P7488.html

this is the one showing for urs, has got to be wrong though , considering the size of the engine

https://www.tayna.co.uk/S4-027-Bosch-Car-Battery-Type-069-S4027-P9712.html

but as mentioned measure ur battery tray and get the biggest CCA u can fit

plus don't forget you've got to sort out the battery drain as well

gstuart said:

this was the one i bought , as we have different landies i don't know what the max size battery u can install ,

https://www.tayna.co.uk/EA1000-Exide-Premium-Car-Battery-017TE-P7488.html

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the battery tray will take a huge battery so the 100ca 900cca will be the one i'll get.

funrover said:

as far as i know everything is original.

The battery is 640cca 70ah is the adequate?

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072 is the correct battery for the petrol P38. Although the larger 664 from the diesel will do no harm.

funrover said:

the battery tray will take a huge battery so the 100ca 900cca will be the one i'll get.

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The tray is huge but remember the leads are quite tight so make sure the leads can still reach the terminals. Got an Alphaline MF31-1000 in mine at the moment. I think the Platinum 642X will fit and should be able to confirm if it turns up next week.

Second grrrrrr. RF receiver did it for me. Overhead power cables, powerful wi-fi around and loads of it ever increasing. There's coloured spots on them. I've forgotten which is which.ive got the battery grrrrrr just mentioned. If you buy from battery megastore don't trust their registration number look up.

supapete said:

Second grrrrrr. RF receiver did it for me. Overhead power cables, powerful wi-fi around and loads of it ever increasing. There's coloured spots on them. I've forgotten which is which.ive got the battery grrrrrr just mentioned. If you buy from battery megastore don't trust their registration number look up.

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I phoned Battery megastore and asked for the biggest battery that will fit the p 38 diesel, the guy knew just what i needed. Dont remember which tractor it was for but it was a Alphaline MF31- 1000

Grrrrrr said:

The tray is huge but remember the leads are quite tight so make sure the leads can still reach the terminals. Got an Alphaline MF31-1000 in mine at the moment. I think the Platinum 642X will fit and should be able to confirm if it turns up next week.

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cheers Grrrrr that is the one of the many batteries i've looked at.
i'm sure it'll be the one i get

tomcat59alan said:

I phoned Battery megastore and asked for the biggest battery that will fit the p 38 diesel, the guy knew just what i needed. Dont remember which tractor it was for but it was a Alphaline MF31- 1000

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George and chris. Being me, I went ahead blithely having put my reg in and got a battery that was as wrong as it could be. They replaced it with mf31-1000 the one I've always had. Only charged me the difference in battery price. I told them about their registration look-up and they said it was a new thing they included. I was just tipping anyone off who trusts the reg look up thing to watch out. Of course, everyone except me will double check. It's the wires again. Oh no.

I've had the Alphaline MF31- 1000 for the last couple of years on the diesel, previously had a decent sized Yuasa 735 105

cheers all it looks like Alphaline MF31-1000 is the winner lol

I get mine from
http://www.lincon.co.uk/contact_lincon_batteries.html
Made by them, and they will post to you, give them a ring, like I say he makes them and knows the best most powerful one you need, I told him what I had, and he knew exactly what I needed and posted it that day, and I got it the next day, great service, and its make in the UK

Dopey said:

I get mine from
http://www.lincon.co.uk/contact_lincon_batteries.html
Made by them, and they will post to you, give them a ring, like I say he makes them and knows the best most powerful one you need, I told him what I had, and he knew exactly what I needed and posted it that day, and I got it the next day, great service, and its make in the UK

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cheers dopey

Battery drain.
Thought mine had this issue and turned out it was the alternator.