As title the battery on the cossie have given up and im fed up of charging the fooker ! Ive been searching for 2 days for a decent varta or bosch battery and no one seems to make the flat terminal ones anymore

So has anyone converted their ford to run round terminals ? i just want to see what people have done with the battery block etc as it wont fit on the round terminals.

Tony

 

ford do a kit to chage over from sqear to round

 

Superb any idea of the part number or have you fitted one yourself? Just want to see what it looks like

 

euros also do a kit too, its the best idea as old fords are the only square terminals and when ians focos killed the alternator he could only swop batterys with a fiesta turbo that was with the group, round terminals and he could ahve swopped with anyone of us

 

As in eurocarparts? wembley ??

 

most auto factors do the kits mate, i converted mine, dead easy to do

 

What does the kit look like?

I've got a bosch battery with the bosch adaptor, but I'm not happy with it - I've ended up with some nasty bends in the live cables.

I was told that some VW's have a distribution box, so one main cable runs from the battery to it and all the other lives are terminated inside. Not seen one yet though.

 

Don't people find it a problem with these adapters on some cars as Sierra and Granada models have a separate plate that bolts to the battery which all the extra wires screw onto which could foul on things?

 

For my Capri I just chopped a pair of the round clamps from a scrap Mondeo cutting them off where the wire terminates into the clamp then just put the clamp bolt through the hole in the square terminal on the Capri wires and that works ok....... Problem is on the Sierra theres the terminal arrangement on the + wire to accomodate.

Steve

 

tony go to euro car parts and buy the correct ford battery make is exide and very good quality as they made by bosch anyhow.

if you need to correct part number etc pm and ill sort it tomorrow for you

 

bosch do the adaptors, i got a bosch battery for my transit with the adaptors from ATS best battery i've ever had.

 

yeah wembley hve them in stock i know for a fact as ive seen them in the warehouse pmsl

 

I might have them at work matey will have a look tomorrow for you if you want?

 

Try joe at gs motosport on 07940181847 for all your battery needs

 

halfords do them i changed mine to round just because battarys are cheaper

 

any pics of these things ? do you have to solder them on ? wouldnt mind changing mine to the normal type

 

That would be wicked mate

Please Matt if you can check

Cheers will consider giving joe a call

Cheers for all the help chaps , im going to give ford a ring tomorrow and check if they do the kit as mentioned above and when ive done it all ill update with pictures etc for all who want to know whats involved in doing it.

 

i got a battery for my cossy two months ago with no myther from sdl.

 

exide do seem to be good

better than my last bosch

 

This happened to me, nearly set the thing on fire

 

http://www.carbatteryshop.co.uk/mb-S...982-I1192.html

 

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.e...battclamps.php

3rd from the bottom!

 

Well just an update i just phoned ford to find out if they do the conversion and the guy said he has four of the batteries i need in stock happy days ! Just ordered one for tomorrow! The nice white motorcraft ones too

 

Yeah I had this issue on my mk6 escort about 2 weeks ago! There is a metal plate connected on the positive side! When i went to the first motor factors who told me on the phone they had a battery suitable for square terminals blah blah blah...get there and he tells me i cant use the smaller cheaper battery as the plate wont fit...i knew this was crap as the battery i had on my car at the time was exactly the same So i thought sod it..left there and went to another store, who knew what they were talking about! The first one i went to told me that the square terminal batteries had been discontinued...but the second one told me this was wrong information ... so....

it is possible to change them over, its just like a bolt on type thing looks easy enough to do!

x

 

Got my battery early so no need for the change over just yet ill get some pics of her in a bit

 

Untrue, exide operates in over 80 countries with a last year $3.3 BILLION turnover, they make thier own batteries, if anything they would be making for bosch.
I prefer Varta Blue myself, got a KA(2000) one today, was £46 inc vat for 5 year warranty.
Place I use has loads of ford terminal ones in stock, there is at least one maker still doing these as market is big enough to warrant it.
On my battery as I have some extra lecky stuff I used another live terminal block bit that takes all the wires, bent the bit that the bolt goes through 180 degrees so underneath, then used on the neg side keeps thing really tidy then.
tabetha