Replaceing and moving car battery on Starlet

Replacing car battery and moving it..

Yes that´s what I did. Since my battery was really bad it is time to replace it. Since I already have a pretty fresh leisure battery I decided to test if that would work!
I can tell you, When I was at the yearly car inspection (mandatory here in Sweden), the car didnt even start after the inspector had fibble with the lights (when the engine was off). A bit humiliating it was..

Ok, so this is what I did:

OLD Biltema 44Ah was worn out.. Not the best stuff. Removed it from the car Bredd [mm]: 175 Höjd [mm]: 190 Längd [mm]: 207

Changing to this one: Tudor dual TR350 Marine & Multifit by Exide 350Wh 80 Ah Coldstart up to 510A Height: 220 mm Lenght: 260 mm Width: 175 mm

Car battery gone! Now it´s emty were the battery use to be. I have connected some bigger cables to the "poles". The red and brown ones.

I´ve wired the cables through the "torpedo wall" into the inside of the car. Will do a better job with stripes and taping the cables better to get rid of electronic and magnetics fields. Also do it more secure.

Here the new battery is conneted, trying it out. Works like a charm

As a fuse, I use a 3-pole 50 ampere automatic fuse and use all tree of the connection so that about 150 ampere can run trouch when starting the car without the fuse going.

Put the battery inside the car temporary to try it out. Will eventually move it to the back carrige room if it seems to work out ok. Now I have almost double the battery power in the Starlet! Yes!

That´s it, hope you have some use of it. :-)

Finding a cheap oil, out looking in stores here i Sweden

It´s a djungle out there, and I dont have much knowledge, but I´ll try to pick anyway..


Biltema motor oil or Swedol? Which one should you choose? This seems to be the most oil for the buck here in Sweden? Any opinios? I know this subject has lots of opinions.. :-)

In Swedish: Biltema oljor vs Swedol motorolja..

Big size picture: Comparing semi synthetic vs fully synthetic, not much diffrence ackording to the certification?

Price can be seen.

Front of Biltema motor oil.

These oil are sold by Swedol, a few crones cheaper, but are the better or worse than Biltema? Who knows?

Swedel semi synthetic oil.

The Swedol comes from Q8 oils. Cant be to bad right?

Swedol supergrade oil, only 130 swedish crones. It you anint got hot engine this might work for you.

One of the test standards Petroliuminstitut test and approve are the API (American Petrol Institute) and it starts with "S". The "higher" the second letter, the better the oil. Today's well "SN" the highest. "SJ" is slightly worse. "SH" yet meet lower requirements, etc.

So let us compare Swedol with Biltema.

Swedol Helsyntet SAE 5W-40 (225 SEK) : API SL/CF, ACEA A3/B3, CCMC G5, PD2. 4 liter.

Biltema: Helsyntetisk motorolja 5W–40 (279 SEK)

API SN/CF, ACEA A3/B3/B4, MB 229.3/229.5, BMW LL-01, VW 502.00/505.00, Porsche A40, RN 0700/0710, MB 226.5, GM-LL-025-B.

Biltema is the better choice according to that norm.