At 11:35 AM -0500 6/26/02, Roy Olynick wrote: >Just the other day, I had the "pleasure" of removing the battery >from my '87 Westy. > [snip] > >Before installing the new battery, I suspended it in a length of >bicycle tire tube and placed it into the box. To remove the battery >next time, I will simply grab the ends of the bicycle tire tube and >lift it out. I found this tip in the Vanagon archives and it works >great! OR...you could by a replacement battery that comes with a handle attached. After having struggled to remove the original battery (or the DPO's cheap replacement) in my Vanagons, I've always always installed a replacement with the handle built-in.
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