The battery went flat yesterday so I got a new Bosch S5 110 Ah today and trying to install it.

Now, the weird thing is that the battery installed is a 90 Ah original LR battery.

The new S5 is wider and I'm having a hard time refitting the positive battery cable.

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I had exactly the same problem and still do , there is a thread on here describing how to do it , from what I read you need to shave some off the right hand side of the battery for it to fit , will get mine sorted one day but was worried about the warranty
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic16477....s5+battery found it

Last edited by Muttley on 27th Apr 2014 12:53pm. Edited 1 time in total

Mine fitted - needed a crowbar to get the leverage to slide it across, but the terminal went on Ok - TDV8 though

Last edited by Alistair on 27th Apr 2014 5:14pm. Edited 1 time in total

and unfortunately there are a few threads of people having multiple failures of this same battery , me personally haven't had any issues with mine but saying that my FF doesn't go very far and doesn't go out that often and thinking about what I have just written it shows that it has performed really well for nearly a year so far

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic24219....s5+battery

It's tight but it does fit you might have to reroute the negative cable but should fit as is. I have a TDV8 2008 and it fits perfectly although tight  Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
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Replaced mine with Bosch S5 110 Ah 6 months ago and no problems since. A bit fiddly if you have the explosive charge device on the +ve terminal. Finally had to cut the RH lip off the battery and then a very snug fit. Downside is probably that the warranty would be invalid?

^+1. Had to remove the lip off the battery but went in fine after that. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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The easy way to get the bigger battery in is to temporarily remove the red lead that bolts through the bulkhead, the battery will now slip in without any problem

Thanks guys!

The battery went in ok, but the cables wouldn't fit as stated in a post here on the forum. There are some extra bits added on the positive connector on 2010 and on.

So, I swapped it for a 100 Ah Bosch S5. It works fine.

Weird the original was only 90 Ah? Range Rover SV Autobiography LWB 5.0 S/C -17
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