This morning my husband and I worked on the battery again. (He would have been able to do it himself, but I wanted to be involved!) We had tried to install the battery last night using a strong flashlight, but we didn't notice that the positive terminal connector had not been pushed all the way down. This morning, after being pushed all the way down, the offending bolt no longer got in the way of the battery compartment door. I wanted to try to keep the new battery because of the 3 year replacement and 8 year prorated warranty. It was also the least expensive one that I could find, taking into account its warranty. It's now inside the battery compartment, along with the ratchet straps (minus the metal ratchets.) The straps will stay there until the next time the battery has to be pulled out. I will, however order a battery handle and have it ready when needed. Although the terminal cover from the old battery fits on the new battery, I've decided to apply rubber coating <http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dip> to the inside of the battery compartment door. It looks like it may have a thin coat of rubber on it already, but I don't think applying more would hurt it any. So here's the "skinny" on the Bosch Group 41 Batteries. The new battery does work, but you need to supply your own battery handles and terminal cover. It's also a BEAR tightening the metal brace that keeps the battery from moving, but it can be done. Now to install my new skylight arm, fix my sagging curtain tracks, clean out my sliding window grooves to stop the screetching every time I open them. Then I will look at the aux battery, which is working fine right now, try to go over posts about aux batteries, and see what I can figure out! Patti 90 Westy Automatic Los Angeles
- Old Battery Label and Barcode
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- Old Battery
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- New Battery Label and Barcode
<http://s74.photobucket.com/user/edtech2000/media/New%20Westy%20Battery%20Info-w.jpg.html>
- New Battery
<http://s74.photobucket.com/user/edtech2000/media/New%20Westy%20Battery-w.jpg.html>
- Battery connector and terminal
<http://s74.photobucket.com/user/edtech2000/media/Westy%20Battery%20Connector%20amp%20Terminal.jpg.html>
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