Totally intact in my '91 Westy. I don't recall any hold-down, but my battery doesn't move either, so it's tight. I never look forward to pulling it, but I saved the plastic carrier strap that with battery for that.
-MB On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay folks, I'm curious about something. How many of you camper/Weekender > owners have unmolested battery boxes behind the passenger seat? How many > intact boxes have you seen? I’m not going to bother to ask how many still > have the battery hold down clamp. > > The box on my ’84 was fine because I bought it when it was only two years > old, and I’m not an idiot. But, both my son’s ’87 and my current ’85 have > butchered boxes. Mine is sawed 3” down both sides for easy bending (hard on > the carpet), and my son’s box back edge was hammered into oblivion. > > It’s too bad Westfalia Werks didn’t put an instruction label on the > battery cover, it was a terrible oversight. 😉 > > Stuart >
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