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Big Monkey



Member Since: 11 Sep 2018
Location: North East Scotland
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United Kingdom 1985 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Galway Green
Starter Battery Question - Optima Red Top OK?
Hi Folks,
Is anybody using an Optima red top as a starter battery in their Puma Defender?
The biggest Optima I can find is 50Ah.
The 2.4 Puma starter battery spec is 95Ah and it's physically massive.
Post #796575 3rd Oct 2019 6:23pm
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bear100



Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
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Wales 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black
yep I'm using one and its great, lots of power and even when close to being flat there's plenty of cranking amp
you won't be disappointed especially for the price

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Post #796583 3rd Oct 2019 6:55pm
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Big Monkey



Member Since: 11 Sep 2018
Location: North East Scotland
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United Kingdom 1985 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Galway Green
Cheers, thanks for the feedback. I'll look at getting one.
Post #796592 3rd Oct 2019 7:25pm
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bear100



Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
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I picked mine up from eBay, there’s someone on there who sells them new from what looks like a factory excellent price too
Thumbs Up 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI
2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone)
2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone)
1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone)
1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone)
1994 discovery 300tdi (gone)
90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone)
Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone)
Post #796594 3rd Oct 2019 7:42pm
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Big Monkey



Member Since: 11 Sep 2018
Location: North East Scotland
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United Kingdom 1985 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Galway Green
Cheers Bear. I'll check out the Fleebay in the morning.
Post #796611 3rd Oct 2019 10:12pm
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parktag



Member Since: 30 Sep 2008
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France 2008 Defender 130 Puma 2.4 HCPU Zermatt Silver
Make sure you get the one with the battery terminals near the edge of the battery. I couldn't use mine because the mega fuse connector wasn't long enough. Put it on my disco instead. 130 crew cab
98 V8 Disco
Post #796616 4th Oct 2019 3:30am
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bear100



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Wales 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black
As parktag said which makes life easier but mine was so cheap I relocated the mega fuse plus you can buy them quite cheap and use an inline one Thumbs Up 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI
2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone)
2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone)
1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone)
1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone)
1994 discovery 300tdi (gone)
90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone)
Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone)
Post #796620 4th Oct 2019 5:56am
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