Date:         Mon, 11 Nov 1996 17:18:43 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Derek Drew <drew@interport.net>
Subject:      Re: aux. battery

At 11:59 PM 11/1/96 EST, you wrote:
>Status: RO
>
>Don't forget folks that I found a huge 150 amp hour or something along those
>lines deep cycle excide battery to fit under the drivers seat. I sent in a
>post to the list about a year ago or so on this model and the considerations
>cause it does stick up higher than the tray but this can be accommodated
>with little downside at the end of the day. It was an exide, I think like
>group 27 size, and only the cheaper of the two exides of that size actually
fit.
>___________________________________
>Derek Drew                           New York, NY
>drew@interport.net (main address for e-mail)
>derekdrew@aol.com (alternate/backup, checked infrequently) 
>
>Derek,
>Sounds interesting.  About how much did this battery cost?  What kind of

$69?

>mods are needed to make it fit in the aux. tray?  

Remove tray cover. Trim away corner of swivel base for drivers seat so that
seat can still turn without hitting the battery (you trim the right rear
corner off the seat with a sawzall or similar device). Spray paint sawed
edge of seat swivel base with black paint. Hammer narrow mounting strip for
tray cover into the upright position against the woodwork to the rear. 

Optional: buy a pie tin to put over the battery, cut front edge of tin if
needed, and coat with same color grey rug material.

>I definitely need an aux battery, after running my main down twice in
>two days.  
>
>Sean
>
>
___________________________________
Derek Drew                           New York, NY
drew@interport.net (main address for e-mail)
derekdrew@aol.com (alternate/backup, checked infrequently)