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Do 663/4 fit? A quick Google and they seem to be a good 70mm longer than an 096?

The leads are well known to be good and I've used multiple different sets recently anyway. The battery is good and healthy 740CCA. I'm not sure how that rates for an 096 battery. But considering my other motor (skoda) runs virtually the same battery and that jumps other vehicles nicely with the...

Thanks gents, there's no issue with upgrading the loom, yes I have good high quality jump leads. While a jump pack is an option, a bigger alternator would help the truck anyway as more and more now it is finding use as a breakdown/recovery vehicle which is often running lights for extended...

Hi all, after several failed attempts at jump starting other vehicles with the landy I can only assume that the alternator just isn't big enough to cut it with a modern vehicle, which I think is fair really given these days alternators run up to 150+A which is a little more than the 35A in the...

Cheers, I'll have a ganders in a moment. Yes the solenoid is a seperate component on this one, it clicks in and out quite definitively. Further to that bridging the terminals made no odds. You'll have to forgive me here, but what actually happens to a motor when it 'burns out'? Is it a...

Hi gents, Was there meant to be a website in there? I never really had much in the way of complaints with the starter when it was working, it did its job every time. Unfortunately it's just given up now, here are some photos, can anyone see anything glaringly obvious? I'm guessing with what...

I personally just prefer the look of the classic lights fitted, I want to keep the truck looking pretty original if I can. I have thought about led bulbs in the lights I have currently though....

Hi all, me again! Long story short my starter has died, completely.. I've had it off and run direct to the battery with no avail, so i took it apart and with my fingers crossed gave it a good clean. Tried it again and was simply rewarded with smoke... So stripped it down again, the only evidence...

Gents, thank you for the ideas! I'm very tempted by the idea of a removable pack.. On further reflection though, its gonna be a toss up between that or actually converting the seat box to fit a battery and a compressor.... I will have to give it all a bit more thought..

Hi folks, looking at potentially adding a 2nd battery to the truck as i often have worklights and such running for extended periods and it would be much nicer to be able to turn the truck off and still be completely confident that i'm not going to have to start it with the handle. Other than the...

Hi Col, no i haven't, it's one of those things i allways meant to do but never actually did, I'm looking at changing to electronic ignition soon, the dizzy on it now was just to get me out of the s*** while I sort out some funds

Ha! How do you think I feel? Sorry, if Its badly written, I never was much cop with English. It is indeed a Webber, I will give that a shot in the morning, thank you.

It's just something that a friend suggested might be the cause, I don't know that it's definitely at fault, but it's not a bad job to do and it checks another box off the list. My guess is it's just a duff, it's the right sort. I'm not 100% It's cured the issue, I only ran it down the road this...

Hi folks, I may go on a bit here but I want to try and include everything ( I know how difficult it can be to help without seeing the issue in person) So, A few weeks ago I encountered some quite severe issues with the truck, it was intermittently losing power under acceleration not cutting out...

Hi folks, again... So nothing has broken per say, but there's a new noise rearing its head and I'm not too sure what it could be. The gearbox has it's fair share of whines but I'm used to those, recently ( started after a long run) there has been a new kind of gurgling/boiling/bubbling noise...

That makes perfect sense, cheers mate, it'll be nice knowing it's likely to start in the mornings

Further to the previous comments regarding batteries, I currently have an 096 code battery fitted and it has a fair amount to spare lengthwise in the battery housing, I'm away for the holidays now and not in a position to measure the tray, does anyone know what the biggest battery a 74 2 1/4...

I'll bear that in mind mate, thank you.

Battery is the next thing on the list, it's not suffered winter very well. It holds a charge brilliantly, but only a very small charge. I've never worried so much about forgetting the lights!

I made that very mistake with the spotlight, it's not fun when the world goes dark at 40ish in the middle of nowhere, everything additional is now disconected or on a relay, when I get a dry space I will finish fitting an independent terminal block for ancilleries the terminal block will be...