When I put in my yellow top I cut the battery cover. The posts stick up but not enough to hit the bottom of the westy seat. The nice thing about this setup is I can jump start off the Optima without removing the driver's seat. More on this subject here: http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/upgrades/battery/index.html Chris On 3/13/06, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote: > You must have a regular Vanagon.....lots of room just just drop in the Optima. > > Westy's have the seat turntable base which is in the way, a small > slice has to be cut out. Dremel with a cutting disk works great. > > > > >I did no mechanical modification whatsoever... I installed the yellow > >top on its side with the metal posts facing forwards. I did however > >put a few layers of black electrical tape on the edge of the battery > >indent so that there would be no accidental grounding taking place. :) > |
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