clarky666 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Hi folks, Managed to get a new battery fitted and sorted and happy to say it looks good. One small problem however is the clamp now being slightly too small for the battery. Dimensions are the same as the previous one in terms of length and width however the height is about an inch or two taller than the old battery meaning the clamp will not go flush over the top and even the bolt on bit would be a few centimetres short as well as being off line with the thread even if i bent it which i wasn't plannin on doing anyway. Any ideas or people had similar experience ? Car is a j-spec facelift incase that makes any difference ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racman Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Hi mate cant be the correct battery then sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarky666 Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Is there any difference between import clamps and UK clamps ? Reason i ask is that the car seems (minor miracle ?) to still have been running it's stock battery from Japan by the stickers on it and the fact the terminal bolts looked intact and never previously removed. http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?p=2243110 Had a look at the picture in the 2nd last post on here and that clamp looks bigger than mine.... Edited December 16, 2009 by clarky666 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarky666 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 Anyone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Well my battery clamp does not look like that. It's much flatter. I haven't seen a UK model clamp. That is either modified or a UK clamp. Email this chap to see if he has anything like that. http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=143751 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 heres my uk spec car with a uk spec clamp and battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarky666 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 Thanks guys. Had a look this morning when it was lighter and like you said AndyT mine i also much flatter and doesn't have the sharp incline like the one i posted and also the one Dnk has shown, it also doesn't have the two right-angled grips for either side of the battery, just the clamp itself with the big bolt in one end and the hooked rod at the other. Have dropped Keron a PM so fingers crossed. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 No problem mate. Cheers Dnk. Certainly put that problem to bed. That battery is a fair bit taller than the Jspec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I had to change the j-spec clamp to a UK-spec item when fitting a UKDM battery on both my Supras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I had to change the j-spec clamp to a UK-spec item when fitting a UKDM battery on both my Supras. Same here. I bought a uk spec battery clamp when I replaced the original battery with a larger uk one. Only cost about £10 from Toyota at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 No problem mate. Cheers Dnk. Certainly put that problem to bed. That battery is a fair bit taller than the Jspec. Glad to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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