Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:12:38 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Aux. Wire/Battery Install Pics/Notes
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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Not bad, seen much worse. The hot tip is to drill out the rivets that
hold that POS Westy sealed lid bracket to the otherwise normal battery
box so you can get batteries in/out without deforming the box and so
there is more room for the cables. Throw the POS away and then get a
regular lid with hinge that will attach to the existing small holes in
the edge.

One other thing, that 3 wire type of relay is using it's metal case for
the coil ground so it may not work reliably unless you put a wire with
ring terminal under one of it's bolts and ground the other end up where
you can see it, like at the main battery ground.

Mark

neil N wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Click on the slide show to view scintillating comments. <grin>
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/AuxBatteryWireInstall#
>
> I still need to install a proper fuse panel, (though the inline fuses
> will be fine), but I'm looking forward to trying all this stuff out.
>
> Neil.
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>