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From: JB on 30 Mar 2010 14:53

"Vass" <write2mark(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> FOAK!
> just bought a new Varta battery but there is no lip on the base for the
> clamp to hold it.
> Checking several other suppliers of suitable batteries for the same car,
> they all have this lip missing.
> So.... someone must have found a solution to fixing it safely? its an MOT
> requirement isn't it?
> Google ain't helping so I throw this to the FOAK
> TIA

I've used an old cambelt with a couple of holes punched through it as a
strap. Remove the clamp and put a 'penny washer' under the bolt head to stop
it pulling through.
I suppose an old belt from a pair of trouser would do.
It's only got to be secure to pass the MOT.

JB


From: Lozzo on 30 Mar 2010 17:09
JB wrote:

>
> "Vass" <write2mark(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:81eugrF9e9U1(a)mid.individual.net...
> > FOAK!
> > just bought a new Varta battery but there is no lip on the base for
> > the clamp to hold it. Checking several other suppliers of
> > suitable batteries for the same car, they all have this lip
> > missing. So.... someone must have found a solution to fixing it
> > safely? its an MOT requirement isn't it? Google ain't helping so
> > I throw this to the FOAK TIA
>
> I've used an old cambelt with a couple of holes punched through it as
> a strap. Remove the clamp and put a 'penny washer' under the bolt
> head to stop it pulling through. I suppose an old belt from a pair
> of trouser would do. It's only got to be secure to pass the MOT.
>
> JB

The battery in the SR250 SpazzTrakka was held in with an old rear brake
piston seal clipped around two sticky out bits on the sides of the
battery box.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F
(somewhere)
From: Andy Hewitt on 30 Mar 2010 17:09
ian field <gangprobing.alien(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:

> "Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" <eastREMOVEkent(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:tJednYTF1arSzy_WnZ2dnUVZ7vmdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk...
[..]
> > There's nothing in the MOT book to say a battery has to be secured in
> > order to pass the test and the worst you can get is an advisory. However,
> > it obviously would be best to secure it for various reasons and if the
> > usual methods weren't possible, as in this case, I'd use some manner of
> > strap.
> >
> > Si
> >
>
> Apparently you can get nicked if plod asks for a look under the bonnet and
> finds a loose battery, so I find it hard to believe it wouldn't be a
> requirement of the MOT.

It isn't, and never has been. However, there are some things that are
illegal on a car, yet pass an MOT - it's illegal to have an illegal
spare, but it's not part of an MOT, because it doesn't make the care
dangerous to drive *at that time*.

The MOT has a very low standard, and what you'd consider as 'badly
worn', can still pass an MOT.

--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: "Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" on 31 Mar 2010 03:14

"ian field" <gangprobing.alien(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" <eastREMOVEkent(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:tJednYTF1arSzy_WnZ2dnUVZ7vmdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk...

>> There's nothing in the MOT book to say a battery has to be secured in
>> order to pass the test and the worst you can get is an advisory. However,
>> it obviously would be best to secure it for various reasons and if the
>> usual methods weren't possible, as in this case, I'd use some manner of
>> strap.
>>
>> Si
>>
>
> Apparently you can get nicked if plod asks for a look under the bonnet and
> finds a loose battery, so I find it hard to believe it wouldn't be a
> requirement of the MOT.

That's one of the aforementioned various reasons, but it's still not an MOT
requirement.

Si


From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 31 Mar 2010 06:24
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt)
saying something like:

>it's illegal to have an illegal
>spare,

No, it's not.
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