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Re: new battery
« Reply #11 on: 29 January 2011, 23:53 »
bloody hell  :shocked:


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Re: new battery
« Reply #12 on: 30 January 2011, 09:04 »
I'm in Devon rich, where can u get the Bosch silver for £42?
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Re: new battery
« Reply #13 on: 30 January 2011, 13:59 »
I'm in Devon rich, where can u get the Bosch silver for £42?

I got mine from ECP in Exeter about a year and a half ago  :wink:

There also a few good places on the Heathfield Estate in Newton Abbot - Alt Start is one of them  :smiley:

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Re: new battery
« Reply #14 on: 30 January 2011, 15:49 »
thanks rich, i live in exeter so just been to als and got one, 62 quid so not too bad. cheers
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Re: new battery
« Reply #15 on: 30 January 2011, 16:50 »
thanks rich, i live in exeter so just been to als and got one, 62 quid so not too bad. cheers

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Re: new battery
« Reply #16 on: 30 January 2011, 17:43 »
is there any difference between the 1.8t batteries and the tdi batteries ??
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Re: new battery
« Reply #17 on: 30 January 2011, 17:49 »
is there any difference between the 1.8t batteries and the tdi batteries ??

I would think so Derv would need more Amps?  :undecided:

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Re: new battery
« Reply #18 on: 30 January 2011, 17:50 »
damn think my derv battery on its way out and have 2 replacement batteries but both from petrol motors..
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Re: new battery
« Reply #19 on: 30 January 2011, 17:59 »
everything is different. Higher cranking amps due to higher compression, the physical size too lol


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