[FC] Battery Hold Down

[J R Read_HML]

Use longer J hooks and glue a piece of rubber to the inside of the battery 
door (this was a Rampside, right?) as a precaution against shorting the 
posts against the door.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <econousaparts at fuse.net>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Cc: <corvanatics-request at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:58 AM
Subject: [FC] Battery Hold Down


>  Ok,so I'll admit Im a little slow at installing the Corvan's battery I 
> bought about 2 weeks ago. I put it in and she fired right up and its been 
> sitting about a year in the garage so I was glad it cranked up so quick 
> and easily.
>   However,with the new battery being taller(short term memory here but I 
> think it was 51 or 51R) , now the hold down bracket won't bolt in due to 
> the j-hook bolts being too short. Is there any battery that fits and will 
> accept the stock hold down bracket? If not,what do you suggest? I could 
> re-order the old school type battery with the fill caps all across the top 
> like the last one but it didnt last very long before it peterded out so 
> that doesnt thrill me much.
>
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>
>
> --
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