P38 starter motor

JOHN76 said:

I'm looking at batteries, and would like to know what battery you recommend, eurocar parts are showing a bosch battery 70ah for it, but i'm sure my last P38 i had a Varta 95ah battery for it

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Just fitted a 135AH 1000CCA (D31-1000) battery with a 4 year guarantee from www.batterymegastore.co.uk Not cheap at £120 delivered but it spins the engine like a top

Datatek said:

Just fitted a 135AH 1000CCA (D31-1000) battery with a 4 year guarantee from www.batterymegastore.co.uk Not cheap at £120 delivered but it spins the engine like a top

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i dont think the 70 sounds right but if it is. would you say just go with a bigger one or stick to wot the computer says

Hi Data i've just been on that website and it shows a 72AH varta for mine, do you have the part number for the one you have bought so i can have a look for it please

JOHN76 said:

Hi Data i've just been on that website and it shows a 72AH varta for mine, do you have the part number for the one you have bought so i can have a look for it please

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72 amp will be for petrol Rangie. You don't need a 135amp battery for the petrol but something around 100 amp would be a lot better than the 72.

Am I right in thinking the battery tray on the petrol and diesel are the same, so you could fit the larger diesel sized battery on a petrol? I presume the advantage of doing this would be a larger battery reserve? My last petrol P38 had a diesel sized battery, around 120AH IIRC, I never had a problem with a flat battery.

Hi Data i found your battery on that site and decided to purchase the same got it for £98 delivered next day free of charge thank you for the site info,

JOHN76 said:

Hi Data i found your battery on that site and decided to purchase the same got it for £98 delivered next day free of charge thank you for the site info,

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Mine was the French price. Seem to be a good company

So the story continues, new battery arrived, fitted it, The beast still didnt start, so went under the car wiggled the wires on the soliniod and hay presto car starts first turn of the key every time, so i'm guessing it will be easier to replace the starter motor and solinoid

JOHN76 said:

So the story continues, new battery arrived, fitted it, The beast still didnt start, so went under the car wiggled the wires on the soliniod and hay presto car starts first turn of the key every time, so i'm guessing it will be easier to replace the starter motor and solinoid

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hi im sorry to here that but now you have found your fault it could be worst if you had payed someone to find the fault you would of spent the around the same money and got f all and now you have a new battery..if its just a bad wire id take them all off give everythink a good clean with a wire brush and wd.40 and put it back together.

Yeah mate to be honest i plan on replacing alot of parts and the Battery was one i was going to replace so didnt bother me too much. I'm going to replace the startmotor and soliniod, and alternator, then moving on to the air suppension, new pump and bags. i want me p38 in perfect running order by christmas