[FC] Battery update

[J R Read_HML]

Tim...   I think they might be a little taller than the originals.  I glued 
a piece of rubber to the underside of the battery door to avoid the 
possibility of shorting the terminals.  The battery is strapped down, but I 
also put some cut off pieces of 2X4 in the battery tray - at each end of the 
battery, with the thought that this would prevent slippage - fore and aft.

Later, JR

CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
"Keep the Love Alive"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <econousaparts at fuse.net>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Cc: <corvanatics-request at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:36 PM
Subject: [FC] Battery update


>    I finally got time to go pick up a new battery for the 63 Corvan 
> tonight at Autozone. I asked for a group 51 R and they showed me 2 
> different brands both clearly marked 51 R and neither was correct. Both 
> had the positive terminal to the outboard rear and the negative to the 
> outboard front. In addition,this battery was about an inch taller than 
> mine and about 5 inches shorter in length.
>    My old battery was a Deka brand my mechanic buddy ordered 3 years ago 
> from Kentucky Motors here locally(KOI chain of stores))and its toast,wont 
> charge up at all. Autozone had Duralast and another off brand cheaper one. 
> After doing some comparisons to other batteries on the shelf,I found a 
> Duralast battery Group 51DL,not 51R or RDL(DL for Duralast I assume) that 
> had the termianls positioned correctly but still overall a miniature 
> battery compared to mine. I was concerned the cables wouldnt reach and 
> that the battery was too tall to fit but I took a gamble and figured it 
> might work and low and behold it did fit and the cables reached.
>     So long story long,it's all good in my neighborhood. Just wanted to 
> update my findings in case anyone else was getting ready to get one.
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> --
>                   Tim in Ky
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