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by ViKARLL » Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:52 am
OK, I’ll try that first.
But if it fails, it looks like I am against a blind wall. As I suspected, the battery manufacturers in my country have completely stopped producing 6V batteries. They have also stopped repairing cells of hard-rubber batteries altogether. Mine is 6V, 90Ah - old style hard-rubber battery that has tar-sealed individual cells with external links.
Some time, I misread DIY as “Dare-It-Yourself”. I am an ICT engineer, with only elementary knowledge in the Electrical field. But I have access to a blowtorch, hot air guns, soldering etc.
What do you think of the possibilities of cutting out a new 12V plastic shell battery of similar capacity with a rotary tool, extracting the pack of plates in one cell (or 2 or 3) and rebuilding my 6V battery?
Is it doable?
Thanks,
NB: My next option would be to switch to 12V electrics but that is going to cost me an arm and a leg. All starter, wiper motor, ignition coil, fuel pump, meter gauges, dynamo, semaphore trafficators, bulbs, clock etc. have to go.