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Read articles →An owner-operator walking through a real battery swap on a Mahindra 1526, including removing side panels and air filter brackets for access, cleaning corrosion with spray coating and Plastidip, swapping the ground cable, and fitting a Group 58 DieHard battery (~$154 at Sam's Club). He also notes glow plug relay location. Practical and unscripted; best for 1526 owners facing the same job who want to see the actual access challenges.
Posted by the Poor Mans DIY channel, appears to be an owner-operator sharing hands-on work from their own property, with no commercial affiliation evident.
You remove the side panels for more room, then take off the brackets holding the air filter, which also lets the panel come off, then pull the battery out.
A Group 58 battery fits these tractors. The owner bought a DieHard, sealed with a three-year warranty, for about $154 with tax at Sam's Club.
The sealed DieHard has a three-year warranty versus one-year on the vented Walmart option, and vent caps are often what causes battery corrosion.
There is a relay near the battery area that controls power to the glow plugs, located right by where the battery sits.
