The battery has died in my 66 plate spider.  Any suggestions for a good replacement that will fit all the connections, hold down clamps etc. to keep as close to stock as possible?  Can't actually tell what make the original is without removing it, I think.

A car cannot fail an MOT test on emissions if it meets the original manufacturer's figures for when it was new.  So far, the only MOT-testable item that has been made retrospective was the requirement for windscreen washers (if the vehicle has wipers fitted), back in the sixties.  So if your car is maintained properly it should not fail.

Roger

That spanner stayed lit for an entire touring trip around southern Italy a couple of years ago.  It came on 5 miles after we'd left home, and I dumbly assumed it was the service light on a couple of months early.  2,500 miles later, back in a UK motorway service station on the way home, I bothered to check the menu and discovered it was just for tyre rotation and I didn't need to have spent the last fortnight staring at it as I drove!

No, I don't rotate tyres.  I regularly check tread depth and if any are getting close I change them.  Interestingly I am literally just back from the car's 4th main dealer service (£500, ouch) and the fancy video report they send me shows that the original tyres are still on 7mm all round after 14,000 miles.  Brake pad wear is also only 10%, so I'm quite pleased.  Clearly I'm not driving it anywhere near fast enough...

The only 'advisory' (they didn't do the MOT, my local does that) was the rusted-up valve in the exhaust and missing spring.  Odd they've only just noticed it - it's been like that for over 3 years now....  the tech's comment was that the exhaust will be a bit noisier than normal and that a complete new back box is needed to fix it at £730+VAT.  I actually like the noise, and given that the same thing would happen again next year, I'll force myself to live with it.

Roger

Just tried to start my Spider for the first time since mid-March.  Didn't want to know - engine turned about twice, paused, then cranked continuously for about 10sec and stopped.  Three or four goes elicited the same response.  Stuck the Ctek charger on it, only 3 bars...  Gave it 24hrs then tried again.  This time the cranking was continuous, but still no start, tried three times.  Then did the usual computer thing of locking the car and unlocking it again - tried the starter button and this time it fired, very unevenly.  It was really lumpy for about 15-20sec, then began to clear.   Gave it a 15-mile run and it seems back to normal.
I guess it's all this horrible electronics, with drains going on all over the place taxing the battery.  The little Cooper S sits next to it and hasn't been run since last October.  Jumped in, pulled the choke out, three churns and up she fires, smooth as ever.  Progress?  I think not.

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I bought a 'Stubby', but the reception was no better, and possibly worse.  I also didn't like the look of it as I feel a retro car like the Spider should have a proper aerial.
That said, my car is for high days and holidays (unless my wife nicks it), and lives in a dehumidified garage so doesn't need a cover.  I have a real aversion to car covers.

I'm not in the US, I'm in the UK.  No wiring in place prior to doing the retrofit.

I’d like to endorse Stuart’s service - he fitted one of his kits for me today, and it is excellent. The coloured grid is not dynamic but still give a helpful indication of distance, and the image is very clear.  And he manages to get the cable inside the rubber conduit to the bootlid!
Great job Stu, thanks again.

Roger