Australian Chevrolet 216 engine owners

[Tony Smith]

Any Autoparts shop that can get Bosch parts should your source. The Electrical bits ran for many years of Chev and even Toyota engines and are much easier to find than Ford Sidevalve! They may not be on the shelf nowadays, but could be ordered in. Take a list to swapmeets and stock up when you find it.

Points: Bosch GD44
Rotor: Bosch GD85
Dis cap: Bosch GD86
Condensor: Bosch GD11E

Spark plugs might be harder: AC44, NGK B6S, Champion J8C

You won't like my 6v battery.

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Any Autoparts shop that can get Bosch parts should your source. The Electrical bits ran for many years of Chev and even Toyota engines and are much easier to find than Ford Sidevalve! They may not be on the shelf nowadays, but could be ordered in. Take a list to swapmeets and stock up when you find it.

Points: Bosch GD44
Rotor: Bosch GD85
Dis cap: Bosch GD86
Condensor: Bosch GD11E

Spark plugs might be harder: AC44, NGK B6S, Champion J8C

You won't like my 6v battery.

Hello Tony,

Thanks for the parts numbers for the electrical goodies - it should make things easier.

I am a bit intrigued about your 6V battery. Have you made some modifications to one or got a super heavy duty version which cost the earth?

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Bob McNeill]

IF you don,t like tony,s battery and you have the old rubber case, POPE batteries in Blacktown NSW will rebuild your old one, other wise take your sizes to ALCO batteries nearest you to get a plastic one that will do the job.

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Bob McNeill

IF you don,t like tony,s battery and you have the old rubber case, POPE batteries in Blacktown NSW will rebuild your old one, other wise take your sizes to ALCO batteries nearest you to get a plastic one that will do the job.

Hello Bob,

My two trucks both came without batteries. So the battery is a mystery to me.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Paul Singleton]

Here is a battery chart to determine what battery would fit in your truck. I have used group 1 batteries in the past, but wasn't sure if the size was correct. I used them because the farm dealer near me stocked that size.

http://www.rtpnet.org/teaa/bcigroup.html

Paul

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Paul Singleton

Here is a battery chart to determine what battery would fit in your truck. I have used group 1 batteries in the past, but wasn't sure if the size was correct. I used them because the farm dealer near me stocked that size.

http://www.rtpnet.org/teaa/bcigroup.html

Paul

G'day Paul,

Thanks for posting the chart Paul.

I thought I used to know a bit about cars and things which made vroom vroom noises of the truck and tractor type. Until getting both trucks which had no battery in them if I needed a battery for my previous machines I would just write down the name of the battery maker the product code or lately lift of the adhesive sticker off the battery and go up to a battery supplier and say.... "I want one of these please". After a short while later I would install the new battery and be a happy fellow.

So please let me know what a Group 1 battery might be and how many groups there are. I do know that "heavy duty" batteries have more plates - has that something to do with the different groups bit?

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

You won't like my 6v battery.

You were warned Lionel, brace yourself!

The original Chev battery was a 6v 700cca, 90-100aH battery measuring 9"H x6 3/4"W x 9"L, as Paul has mentioned a "Group 1" size. Have you asked your local Auto Electrician which battery brands he can order in? There are several large battery dealers in Sydney who will freight 6v batteries around the country dry, but the freight cost to Bundy might be a deal breaker.

Try Century, or Exide direct and see what they can provide.

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

You were warned Lionel, brace yourself!

The original Chev battery was a 6v 700cca, 90-100aH battery measuring 9"H x6 3/4"W x 9"L, as Paul has mentioned a "Group 1" size. Have you asked your local Auto Electrician which battery brands he can order in? There are several large battery dealers in Sydney who will freight 6v batteries around the country dry, but the freight cost to Bundy might be a deal breaker.

Try Century, or Exide direct and see what they can provide.

G’day Tony,
When I opened up the photo of your battery it took me a while to figure out why you thought I wouldn’t like your battery. What could be so bad about a battery I thought? Maybe it was bashed around really corroded or some devilish home adapted device of questionable engineering standards.

Well Tony you did warn me.

First of all I looked at the terminal arrangement.. Then I looked at the unusual metal connectors going across the battery. Then after that I looked down the battery case and what did I see? A big four lettered “F” word – you could have blacked out the offending item by visiting the “Paint” program and covering the word up for me. My poor sensitive eyes….

Now since the F-word trucks ran a V8 were they too a 6 volt battery?
Did they have to use a higher capacity version of the ones used for the Chevrolet trucks - since they were only a six?

So what I am suggesting could you cross contaminate the wholesomeness of a 216 Chevrolet by actually using the same F-word battery as you so kindly posted up?

Would this battery be fully interchangeable; after a long session of cleaning and masking over the F-word, between a F-truck and a Chevrolet truck with a 216 engine?

Kind Regards
Lionel