SER1 New battery

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> Tony
>
> If you intend keeping your Series One, get a Unipart Samson battery. They 
> are guaranteed for as long as you own the vehicle, not just 3 years and 
> are available from "Express Factors", "Partco", "Brown Brothers" etc. They 
> cost no more than any other decent make like Exide, especially if you 
> haggle and get trade price.
> The replacement promise does work when it eventually fails and the same 
> for the replacement and so on, so you need never buy another battery.
> I think the model number is the same as that for the Defender or Disco, 
> but the parts factors will tell you which to buy. You have to get the 
> correct one for the vehicle and register the car reg, date etc. I have had 
> this one over 5 years so far and it's still good. The original factory 
> fitted one failed around 3 years from new. I have replaced the battery in 
> my Series One under the scheme without any problems.
> Cheers
> Martin
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Tony Boyle
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 10:31 PM
> Subject: SER1 New battery
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone recommend a battery to replace the failing one in my 1955 
> series 1?  This is not original and I don't need a new one that is 
> 'original' if such a thing exists, just a good quality modern battery of 
> the right size and available in the UK.
>
> thanks
>
> Tony Boyle.
>
>
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