So, it sounds like I just have to push the battery backward and force this flatbar thing out upward. Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Buese" <tombuese@comcast.net> To: "Zoltan" <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:02 PM Subject: Re: Battery hold down unit, removal?
>I replaced my westy primary battery recently, & had the same issue, but >it eventually came out w/ some wiggling of the battery clamp piece. I >can't remember what I specifically did, but it did come out & then I broke >the battery strap trying to get a 7-8 year old Die Hard battery out which >was really tightly in there. > I think I ended up using a BFP- Big Frosted Prybar- to torque the > battery loose. There has to be a more professional way, but this is the > only primary battery I have ever had to remove in 7 years of owning this > westy. > > YMMV, > > Mr. BZ > > On Oct 16, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Zoltan wrote: > >> I can't take the battery out because that flat bar thing that bolts to >> the body is not coming out. This is the thing that holds the battery >> down in place, in a Westfalia. It looks like it supposed to be taken >> out first, then the battery can move forward to be able to lift it out. >> I'm moving it sideways, looking for a spot where it may come out, but so >> far nothing. I don't know the trick. >> Anyone? >> Westfalia battery hold down unit. >> Zoltan > |
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