I'm pretty sure the Optima will not fit under the passenger seat... at least not on my 90 WEsty Syncro. Also, to cut the top posts is to void your warranty... got this straight from the Optima people. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "coyote" <coyote@VANAGON.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [Caravana] battery
> >i'm trying to remember something from a year or two ago > >i think it was you who mentioned having a optima battery > >and having to cut down the posts to make it fit > >am i correct? > >i just wired my van for a second battery > >and would like an optima deep cycle > >but don't know if it will fit > > I'm getting 2 Optima deep-cycle batteries installed in my current > van. According to my installer, the under-driver battery can be fit > with the posts pointing forward and at the upper edge of the battery, > I.e.,: > > Direction of travel --> > > +---------+ > | |== > | | > | | > +---------+ > > According to my installer, an Optima deep-cycle battery can also fit > into the under-passenger compartment, when the posts face backwards, > as in: > > +---------+ > ==| | > | | > | | > +---------+ > > I haven't gotten my van back from this round of 'upgrades', but I'll > be sure to post pictures to vanagon.com as soon as possible. > > Coyote > -- > /\_/\ ____ > Ron 'Coyote' Lussier ( ) \ _/__ Lenscraft > coyote@lenscraft.com \ / \X / 229 8th Street Unit 4 > 1.415.241.0815 \_/ \/ San Francisco, CA 94103 > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.