Battery For 1985 5.0SC

Agent-J · Post by **Agent-J** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:45 am

I am looking for a MotorCraft Battery for my 1985 5.0SC the dealer says they are longer avalibable I do not care is it date coded correctly I just want a MotorCraft battery. The car has 17,000 orginal miles and would like to keep it as original looking as possible.

plumkrazy · Post by **plumkrazy** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:24 pm

Does the battery have to be GOOD. For I see lots of batterys but they are bad and thats why i see them. So what I'm saying is that I may come across a battery that whould LOOK OEM but not start the car.

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:50 pm

You bought the Red Capri 5.0SC that was on e-bay 2x in Ohio ?? Yes!! (?)

svo413 · Post by **svo413** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:43 pm

The dealer was too lazy to look it up. There is a Motorcraft battery available. I just bought one a few Months ago for my 84 SVO. I don't recall the model but I will try to go look at it.

The Motorcraft website lists 2:
BXL56A 84 Month Wet Battery
500 CCA - RESERVE MIN = 90
TESTED TOUGH PLUS
18 MONTH FREE REPL

BXT56 100 Month Wet Battery
550 CCA - RESERVE MIN = 86
TESTED TOUGH MAX
36 MONTH FREE REPL

Now I am looking for an original battery which will probably be nonfunctional. I need this for the class I show my SVO in. I haven't located the exact model yet but it is a white case and black to battery.

Agent-J · Post by **Agent-J** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:33 pm

Sandy
No I bought the car from Wyoming last year it is white in color.

SVO413
The dealer actually looked it up and ordered it then called me back to tell me it was no longer available.

svo413 · Post by **svo413** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:45 pm

I just checked with the local Motorcraft distributor and both are not obsolete and are still available and in stock. Like I said they are too lazy to order it. I had the same problem but when I gave them the part number it showed up in a few hours!

The previous listing in the Ford books is probably no longer available. Go to the Motorcraft web site.

You didn't list your city so I could check the local supplier.

Kevin

Post by **negusm** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:57 pm

I need a battery. What's the Cold Cranking AMps on them? What's the part number for a correct one if anyone knows?

Thanks.

-Mike

svo413 · Post by **svo413** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:40 pm

Sometimes I'm a bit slow with the humor or was my previous post in invisible type.

plumkrazy · Post by **plumkrazy** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:13 pm

You need what is called a Group 56 battery should have around 530 CCA.