At 01:06 AM 6/12/98 -0500, Budd Premack wrote: >BTW, Jim Davis has indicated that the Optima battery can be safely side >mounted, so there is no need to cut off the top posts.
He may have indicated it, but I was unable to get the Optima to fit in my 87 Westy anyway but rightside up, even though I had cut the bracket to make more room. And beleive me I TRIED REALLY HARD to get it to mount sideways, to no avail.
I finally gave up, drilled two holes in the cover and carpet and I'm done and happy. Perhaps there are subtle differences in years that would allow certain models of Vanagon to allow the Optima to be mounted sideways -- just not mine.
Cheers,
<bold>Michael J. Sullivan </bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design Open Market, Inc. </italic> '87 GL Syncro Westfalia ******************************************** work: http://www.openmarket.com vanagon: http://www.hsdesign.com/vanagon scan tips: http://www.hsdesign.com/scanning ******************************************** |
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