Largest sized battery that fits properly in an A2?

[Gary Woolston]

Hi all, has anyone done any experiments as to what the largest size battery would fit the A2? Is it the "F19" size?

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[A2Z]

The F19 fits perfectly and is all you could ever need (or more) and is the larger size fitted to the tdi's

 

[Gary Woolston]

The F19 fits perfectly and is all you could ever need (or more) and is the larger size fitted to the tdi's

Thank you

 

[2work]

Afternoon Gary,

For me the Varta F19 is the battery of choice, my whole fleet has them. It’s larger size of course fits perfectly whilst also being not to tall for the spare wheel bracket:

I’ve purchased all mine from Tayna Batteries:

But do keep watching their eBay offerings as they can down to the region if £80.

Kind regards,

Tom

 

[Gary Woolston]

Afternoon Gary,

For me the Varta F19 is the battery of choice, my whole fleet has them. It’s larger size of course fits perfectly whilst also being not to tall for the spare wheel bracket:

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I’ve purchased all mine from Tanya Batteries:

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But do keep watching their eBay offerings as they can down to the region if £80.

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Kind regards,

Tom

Hey Tom brilliant, thank you

 

[Pie-eyedpiper]

Afternoon Gary,

For me the Varta F19 is the battery of choice, my whole fleet has them. It’s larger size of course fits perfectly whilst also being not to tall for the spare wheel bracket:

View attachment 105018

I’ve purchased all mine from Tanya Batteries:

View attachment 105021

But do keep watching their eBay offerings as they can down to the region if £80.

View attachment 105022

Kind regards,

Tom

Is that the battery or spare wheel bracket ontop of your battery?
If for a space saver how does it hold it in place. I didn't have one in mine when I bought it.

 

[Stan H]

Hey Tom brilliant, thank you

I use Tanya as well great service.

 

[A2Z]

I use Tanya as well great service.

Yes me too although it's Tayna not Tanya

 

[2work]

Is that the battery or spare wheel bracket ontop of your battery?
If for a space saver how does it hold it in place. I didn't have one in mine when I bought it.

Evening,

The black metal bracket shown is the factory fit for the collapsible space saver.

I’ll try to find a decent pictures to explain but in a short the bracket is held in place via 4 bolts so it’s totally secure.

The spare wheel is secured to the bracket via a hole in the reinforced carpeted trap-door which hides the battery and emergency tools, the orange curls below is where the wheel fastener screws into:

Through this hole (10mm wood drill bit works if retrofitting the bracket):

The below picture shows the collapsible space saver spare wheel correctly located with the central fastening screwed in:

Hope this helps to answer your question..

Kind regards,

Tom

 

[Proghound]

Worth noting that the space-saver bracket also replaces the standard battery clamp, reusing the same bolts at the bottom end. All A2's until about 2004MY had brass thread inserts in the little holes in the boot-tray near the front edge of the battery, to bolt the top end of the bracket into. I don't know if you could still option the space-saver spare after that point.

 

[Stan H]

Yes me too although it's Tayna not Tanya

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