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Fw: E-Mails an die Gruppe
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2001 11:52 am
by Walter Prechsl privat
i forward this mail from peter -- walter
----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b]
Banjomeyer@aol.com
Hi,
I read the e-mails about the battery hold down, but - blame me - skipped the first e-mail of the TC owner, who asked the question.
Maybe this might help you: I still have the original battery of my '49TC #9027, although it is not longer working - it was until last year!!! (now two cells are gone). If you are interested, I can e-mail a photo of the eared battery including the original brackets.
Maybe someone could help me with an adress of a company, who can fix the old original battery. I remember reading an article in one of Germany's oldtimer magazines about repairing old batteries some years ago. There was the adress of somebody who is repairing batteries in Germany but unfortunately I did not keep this article.
Anyhow, I'll be happy to make some digital photos of the battery/brackets and mail this to anyone who's interested.
Please contact me by e-mail on [b]
banjomeyer@aol.com
[/b]Rgds,
Peter Meyer
Re: Fw: E-Mails an die Gruppe
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2001 2:51 pm
by tim.fiona.miller
I too have kept an old pair of batteries from my TA with the ears. I remember reading something in the UK about rebuilding old batteries, but have since heard through the grape vine that the company offering the service was taken over by one of the bigger battery remanufacturers and no longer does it. Does anyone have any more info on this? Tim Miller Ross-on-Wye TA0264
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walter@publi-consult.com [b]To:[/b]
mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:38 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] Fw: E-Mails an die Gruppe
i forward this mail from peter -- walter
----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b]
Banjomeyer@aol.com
Hi,
I read the e-mails about the battery hold down, but - blame me - skipped the first e-mail of the TC owner, who asked the question.
Maybe this might help you: I still have the original battery of my '49TC #9027, although it is not longer working - it was until last year!!! (now two cells are gone). If you are interested, I can e-mail a photo of the eared battery including the original brackets.
Maybe someone could help me with an adress of a company, who can fix the old original battery. I remember reading an article in one of Germany's oldtimer magazines about repairing old batteries some years ago. There was the adress of somebody who is repairing batteries in Germany but unfortunately I did not keep this article.
Anyhow, I'll be happy to make some digital photos of the battery/brackets and mail this to anyone who's interested.
Please contact me by e-mail on [b]
banjomeyer@aol.com
[/b]Rgds,
Peter Meyer
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Re: Fw: E-Mails an die Gruppe
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2001 5:11 pm
by Frank O_ The Mountain
In a message dated 9/25/01 14:55:06 Pacific Daylight Time,
tim.fiona.miller@tinyworld.co.uk writes:
>>
I can still get 6v batteries here in the SF Bay Area with ears...also used on
MGA's. My local Moss distributor provides them (Skip Kelsey) but they are
not Moss supplied but local.
In general you can find battery companies that will rebuild your original
batteries inside the original case.
Terry
Re: Fw: E-Mails an die Gruppe
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2001 5:51 am
by joecurto@aol.com
I thought that we used to get 6 volt batteries with ears from Interstate Batteries, I believe they were used in Austin Healeys 100-6. Not for nothing given the placement of those batteries and the fact that no one other than the owner would be back there isn't it easier just to make a framed battery hold down and go on with enjoying your car?
Joe
Re: Fw: E-Mails an die Gruppe
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2001 11:23 am
by tim.fiona.miller
I've got modern MGB batteries in the car at the moment and have had made up some simple clamps that work fine. However the car is very early and incredibly original, so I thought one day I would like to put old style batteries back in which is why I kept them. Don't know if it still the case, but you used to be able to buy the lids that went over the old batteries from Jaguar XK specialists in the UK. At the moment I have no lids. Tim Miller Ross-on-Wye TA0264
----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b]
JoeCurto@aol.com [b]To:[/b]
tim.fiona.miller@tinyworld.co.uk ;
mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com ;
walter@publi-consult.com [b]Sent:[/b] Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:51 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] Fw: E-Mails an die Gruppe
I thought that we used to get 6 volt batteries with ears from Interstate Batteries, I believe they were used in Austin Healeys 100-6. Not for nothing given the placement of those batteries and the fact that no one other than the owner would be back there isn't it easier just to make a framed battery hold down and go on with enjoying your car?
Joe
Re: Fw: E-Mails an die Gruppe
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2001 1:58 pm
by joecurto@aol.com
Tim I believe that Bill Tracey here in USA makes the 6 volt Lucas lid for the batteries on XK 120 but I did not think that MGB's came with them.
Joe