Did I mention it would be a bit heavier with the ARB in I thought you would change the pinion crush sleeve to a solid one while you were in there, they can be a bit of a weakness on a locking diff.
sae70 said:Wow Ben loads of work done there m8
That's another job ticked off the list, soon there'll be nowt left to do then what will you do
Mark N said:charging installed batteries by leaving the truck idling would take hours as your alternator output only reaches max with some revs on. Check this by putting your voltmeter on the battery at idle and you will probably measure something in the region of 12.5v but get someone to rev the engine a bit and it will climb to 13.5v or higher. (figures might be off but the difference will be there)
Does sound like you have a dead cell as a result of your massive discharge from the glow plugs. Be carefull leaving a possibly faulty flooded battery on charge overnight unattended unless maybe it is in a remote building that you don't mind burning down... . I certainly wouldn't leave it charging in my house.
Mark
Speaking of intelligent chargers Jon, what's a reasonable one to buy I think this may have been asked beforeJon Wildsmith said:so always best to stick an intelligent charger on batteries that have been run flat to fill them back up again properly
Cossack said:Speaking of intelligent chargers Jon, what's a reasonable one to buy I think this may have been asked beforeJon Wildsmith said:so always best to stick an intelligent charger on batteries that have been run flat to fill them back up again properly
There was a thread about it somewhere I'm sure but I don't know what's available at the moment.Cossack said:Speaking of intelligent chargers Jon, what's a reasonable one to buy I think this may have been asked before
I think you will find 6 amp a bit under powered especially for dual batteries, 20amps or higher would be more like it IMO.Ben said:this is the one im thinking of buying.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330689827969? ... _993wt_698