OK, what is going on??!! I am checking out my newly acquired '80 vanagon Westphalia and I notice that the auxilary battery is low on water; the plates are partially exposed. Also I notice that the battery is NOT a deep discharge type. So I think to myself, "This battery is probably damaged (because the plates are partially exposed). I will replace it because of the probable damage and because it should be a deep cycle battery, not a conventional starter battery." To my amazement, and horror, I discover that the battery well is VERY shallow; only 7" deep. The only battery which will fit is a group 42 which is NOT available as a deep cycle! Was Volkswagon really that dumb or were there suitable deep cycle, group 42 batteries available in 1980? Short of modifying the battery box, does anyone have any suggestions? Is there a supplier of group 42 deep cycle batteries which I have been unable to find? Brian Miller miller@spk.hp.com '72 Type II (which is growing more attractive every day I spend with the vanagon) '80 Vanagon
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