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Date:         Sun, 21 Dec 1997 08:21:43 -0800
Reply-To:     Chris & Aimee Uzzi <uzzi@AIMNET.COM>
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From:         Chris & Aimee Uzzi <uzzi@AIMNET.COM>
Subject:      Installing a Secondary Battery
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Hello,

As some of you may know from my previous posts I am in the process of installing a secondary battery to my '90 Westy. I pretty much have everything in place, except for one thing. The battery!!

Jim Davis writes: Just mount it on it's side so that the 'top' posts face forward. It fits fine this way.

I tried this. Unless there is some kind of trick, this is not going to work! If someone can explain in more detail I'd be much obliged.

A solution proposed by James Matthisen goes something likes this:

Drill two holes in the metal plate cover and use the side terminals and the battery will fit. True the battery seems to fit, however, there is very little room left, if any, to mount the side terminals. How was this pulled off with at most 1/4 inch of space for the side terminal connections and bolt?

Ron Lussier proposed:

To saw off the top terminals and just use the side terminals. My question is the same as above. How can side terminals be mounted with such little space?

I will probab,y have more questions, but these seem most pertinent at the moment.

TIA


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