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Cheers all .This is the solenoid in the plastic box it came in , would I be okay to take it out of the plastic box and house it in the top of the wing ? Reason I’m asking is I’ve upgraded the cables and they now won’t fit the box where the exit holes are . Would like to fit the solenoid here . cheers Ian

Cheers all , decided to go to the battery as I’ve upgraded all the cables and the last thing I want is to do it again and after a another read of the destructions with my glasses on it says earth from the bottom of the winch back to the battery, which I missed before . cheers Ian

Nasty , I thought they were supposed to be super strong ?

Hi all , I have searched and read through numerous threads but I’ve come across both answers as okay, should the earth for a winch go to the battery or will a good chassis earth be okay? It will only be used occasionally to get me or someone else out of trouble. cheers Ian

Merry Christmas all have a good un 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺.

Cheers Cynic-al I’d looked at those , but I brought the one from above with the splitter it arrived today , I’ll be fitting it over Christmas so when I’ve used it for a bit I’ll post up how I get on with it and what the reception is like , at £28 thought it was worth a punt .

Nice one Cynic-al , that pillar mount one looks ideal to work on the rear of the roof was looking at that site but missed those , do you have idea from the list which splitter works best ?

Do you think they work similar to how the cb aerials work with the element coiled up ?

Do people think a shark fin type aerial would work fitted to the back vertical bit of the roof ?

Yes it seems they’re very hit and miss with the reception.

No the one I’ve got fitted is rubbish , can’t fit one of those as only glass I’ve got is on the doors and windscreen so was looking for one that I could fit to the back on the roof just above the rear door or a wing mounted one . I’ve found Nakatanenga do a wing mounted one it’s £70 but I’ve read good reports about them on another forum while I was searching.

Hi all , I’ve done lots of reading of threads about this as there’s been many about it but none answer my particular question. I’ve got a glass mounted aerial fitted and as all have found they’re PANTS , so I know roof mounted ones are the best but I’m fitting a roof rack shortly so has anyone found a good dab aerial that you can mount to the rear back end of the roof ? Or has anyone found a good wing mounted one ? Or is there a way of using another aerial , say a cb aerial and making that work and still get good reception? Any help much appreciated as there seems to be lots of conflicting views out there cheers Ian.

No the heaters aren’t very good.

Well ordered one of these a yuasa 640hd cargo 100ah and 900cca so we’ll see how it goes £93 , was supposed to be £109 but until Friday you can get 15% off at Tayna but only through eBay though .

Cheers Peaklander, I’ve just had a quick look and they seem very expensive even with the discount code , but I think I’ve heard before that they’re cheaper in the stores .

Cheers Dave , i thought it would but wanted to check before a fire occurred . I never thought to check the 300tdi loom I’ve got lying on the floor from the 90 rebuild , I presumed they would both have the rubber connector. I did wonder about the connectors the one in the heater is original, well it was there when I brought the truck , the other attached to the loom is a new Autosparks loom .

Hi all , the connector in the pic is a bit knackered when I noticed it yesterday it was loose , it connects the main loom to the heater on a 200tdi , so am I safe to replace it with a econoseal connector or is it too high draw ? If so can someone recommend a suitable one please , as I believe you can’t but those connectors and I wouldn’t be able to fit one anyway. Cheers for any advice Ian

I probably am over thinking it , the battery fitted is starting to struggle on cold mornings which I’ve took as a sign it needs to be replaced as I live in a rural location and work in one as well so I can’t just jump on a bus , there is 2 identical batteries fitted which were billed as dual purpose so the idea was fit a new starter battery and then fit the 2 old ones as a battery bank and replace at a latter date .

Cheers TSD ,I was contemplating buying a c-tek charger then I acquired this free when I bought an Eberspächer from eBay, so was going to use this , so if I read it correctly you wouldn’t advise fitting a smaller starter battery then 1 or 2 larger leisure batteries keep them all the same size .

Cheers all very interesting , so as I’ve never seen this asked in any thread I’ve read and out of curiosity I have a 200tdi , when people ask about batteries the usual reply is fit the biggest you can fit in the battery box which is sound advice and the factory fit ones are a bit low on CCA , so what is the minimum CCA you would require for a 200tdi and what’s the lowest AH you should have on a for a starter battery if say you had a 100amp alternator and a split charge system with a leisure battery or 2 to run all the none factory fit extras . So the starter battery was starting the truck and only running the stuff originally fitted ? cheers Ian

Have seen there batteries Snagger but didn’t know if they were any good. There’s also Exide Maxxima Anderzander . .

I’ve read a few reviews of the red tops not being as good as they used to be , and the lower capacity was putting me off but then you read of people travelling the world with them fitted and the specs being okay , Odessy do a smaller one but they’re £300 and you only get a 2yr warranty .

That’s the only one I could find Anderzander, I was looking to relocate the starter battery to the engine bay .

Cheers all , I’ve come to the conclusion after looking at the specs of many makes of batteries that most are made in the same factory and the only difference is the name and casing as they are all the same physical size with the same capacity and same cranking amps from multiple brands . Whats peoples thoughts on Exide premium batteries as I can get one 1000ah 900 cca for £70 of Ebay?

If you mean the upper one’s? Then no they’re not I think the 110 ones are slightly shorter than the 90 as people fit ones from an 88” to make a station wagon into a utility wagon as genuine ones go for silly money .