Well, I've had a day of doing jobs round the house today. Guttering repair etc. After doing these I decided I needed a treat so I finally got around to testing the C5 with a battery.
Being short of money at the moment I borrowed the battery from our Allegro which, happily is exactly the right size to fit the original battery top and has the posts the correct way round.
I had a huge grin on my face after wizzing round our village for about 15min. No belt slip and the pod seems to work as it should.
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It does seem a lot faster than 15mph when you are that low down!