John & Tony,
The gel battery in a "modern" Morgan is very small
and packs a lot of cranking power in a very small
package. They are not a conventional size and the
posts are on the sides. They are a bitch to find, but
out of curiosity, I called Fuller at Cantab myself. He
has them in stock for ~ $230- and a trickle charger
~ $40- for this application. And NO, Optima does
not have a size which fits. If I lived in the U.K., I
would try to find a Hawker military grade which is
probably even more expensive, but which does not
require as much careful attention. Watch the posts
when you install a new one as they are fragile...
While you might be able to find a wheelchair battery
equivalent somewhere for a bit less, the time and
effort this would take seems hardly worth it for me.
In a $65,000 -70,000 car with already a very delicate
electrical balance between the battery, charging
system and engine management computer, I would
not advise trying to use an acid battery, even if one
could be found which would fit and had the proper
posts. I suggest Mike uses what we already know
works. BTW, do you know what a Morgan/SAGEM
EFi ECU costs?!!!
William
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Sender: jblair@exis.net
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Reply-to: jblair@exis.net
To: "William G. Lamb,III" <lambroving@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Battery
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 14:25:56 -0500
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> John,
> A 1998 Plus 8 has a special gel battery installed over
> the rear axle.....
William,
Is this a basic battery shape? What about the Optima (sp)
batteries? Aren't they gel type batteries?
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
65 Rambler Classic
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At 03:04 PM 05/29/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> Am I getting the runaround?
>
> Mike
>
> Mike,
> If you're in the USA go to Walmart or Pep Boys, I'm sure they have a
> battery
> that will fit for under $40.
> If you're in Canada, Canadian Tire will have one.
> If you're in Australia I'm sure ther'es an outlet that can fix you up.
>
> There's nothing magic about the battery. Pick one that has the posts in
> the right place and that will fit in the box.
> The most important thing is that you dog it down and that it can't slide
> around.
>
> Tony Souza
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