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Date:         Fri, 9 Jul 2010 16:06:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: battery compartment
Comments: To: Marius Strom <marstrom@MICROSOFT.COM>
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I 'think' they are 5mm diamter thread. don't know the thread pitch .. but it's the common 5mm thread, and pretty fine thread. good hardware store might have some.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marius Strom" <marstrom@MICROSOFT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 2:40 PM Subject: Re: battery compartment

> Speaking of... there's been a lot of talk about the right screw to hold > the battery bracket, but my screw-down lid is missing all its screws and > rattles a bit. Does anyone know what to use here? I've been pondering > just going to the Home Depot and grabbing some random self-tapping metal > screws as they'd probably suffice, but would be nice to have the right > stuff in place. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > mark drillock > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 12:31 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: battery compartment > > The sealed compartments with screw down lids were for full campers all > years. The hinged compartments were for passenger models all years, even > ones with beds and screened windows. The sealing setup in the campers is a > real POS, not planned for by VW, just a crappy retrofit done to achieve > compliance with some RV/Housecar fire rating standard IMHO. > Westfalias have the compliance stickers on them. I think we hammer this > topic here every few years. > > Mark > > Dave Mcneely wrote: >> David, thanks very much for your very complete reply. more below. >> >> ---- David Beierl<dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> VW in 1984 was using a sealed box with gasketed lid, venting to the >>> outside for the main battery and a spring-latched door for the >>> auxiliary (Konsistency? Bah! Let ze Americans wunder.); by my '89 >>> both sides were the swinging doors, open at the front to all the >>> passing breezes. >> >> My '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile has a gasketed lid that has four screws >> to hold it in place over the battery box. The box has a vent on the >> forward side that appears to exit the box on the front but then turn >> downward. No swinging door, the only opening the only opening the >> gasketed lid, and the vent in the front wall. >> >> Now, I too have packing to do, and will be on my way to Spokane, >> Washington tomorrow morning. >> >> Sincerely, David McNeely >> > >


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