[FC] Battery questions

[Ken Hand]

        There is always a choice in anything you do. The answer is, as 
has been said, the 51R has the battery terminals arranged so that when 
you install the battery the terminals are toward the engine and the POS 
on the forward side. The 51 installed in the correct way will have the 
POS terminal in the rear side of the battery but still on the engine 
side. If you turn the 51 battery so the terminals are arranged so the 
POS is on the forward side, then the connections are under the ledge 
for the battery box where you are more likely to short something out.

      Now for a lot of folks that don't have mile long battery cables 
but rather ones that fit more or less properly the 51R fits the bill to 
a T.

Ken Hand
248-613-8586
www.corvairmechanic.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
To: corvanatics at corvair.org
Sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:55 pm
Subject: Re: [FC] 2 questions



>I don't know about the R, but a group 51 battery works...
>

All Grp 51's are the same size, the "R" has the terminals Reversed --
Seems like most folks prefer the way the 51R fits (more like the oem
terminal arragnement I believe), but there could be some personal 
choice
involved here depending on your actual installation.

On any vehicle that is 40 - 50 years old, rubber fuel line is where 
ever
you find it, and you can't discount the possibility of a steel line
having pinholes (rusted from the inside) either.  Both are generally
identifiable by a bit of fuel leakage just after shutting the vehicle
off, ie, fuel still in the line.  If your rubber hoses are old and
cracked, they need replacement for your personal safety (and that of 
the
vehicle) whether they are leaking or not.

Bill Strickland
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