Date:         Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:01:00 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: battery compartment
Comments: To: "Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET>
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---- "Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> Does anyone have the "screw size" of the "Stock Hold downs"?

3/8 x 18, one inch long, fit the bolt hole of my battery box.  However, it seems from correspondence I had this morning from Scott Daniel of Turbovans that my box may be different from some others.  At least the clamp he pictured for me is not the same as the clamp I have, and would not fit on the bolt hole of my box to engage the battery in any way.  I'm really perplexed.  I'm wondering if late models vanagons have a different battery retention setup from older ones, but I have seen so few vanagons, and seen the battery box on exactly one (and that one seemingly not set up properly, having the wrong battery size in it), that I really don't trust anything about the battery box on it to be right, now.  David

>
> I've lost my original screws, and have some not so good ones in place.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Edward Maglott
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 9:10 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: battery compartment
>
> Of my two vans I have 1 or two covers and neither are in use in my
> working van.  One of the covers has a huge arc mark where it touched
> positive.  Both of my batteries are secured with the stock hold downs
> thought!  I hope not having the covers in place will not kill me as I
> sleep in my van.
>
> Edward
>
> At 12:42 PM 7/8/2010, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> >As we all know, the battery compartment of the vanagon is under the
> >passenger seat.  It is covered with a metal lid.  What do you folks
> >do to insure that this lid never contacts the battery
> >terminals?  The thing has screws to fasten it in place, but seems
> >capable of coming loose and becoming a conductor.  I considered a
> >pad made of an old inner tube, or something similar.
> >
> >Thanks,  David McNeely
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David McNeely