<VV> battery area question

[airvair]

Joe,

The vented battery caps were STANDARD on ALL '65-9 Corvairs, and meant 
to vent battery vapors out of the air stream of the heater. The Corvair, 
by virtue of its design, was the only car to use them, and has been 
forgotten by every battery maker since. So really, when we don't have 
the batteries vented per factory design, we are risking whatever made 
the engineers design the venting system in the first place. Oddly 
enough, early Corvairs don't use a venting system, so my guess is that 
the system was just overkill. Particularly since few of us anymore make 
much use of the heater anyway.

-Mark

N. Joseph Potts wrote:

>All right - these are good answers (thanks), but my questions really had to
>do with: (a) what might have been stock on the 66; and (b) what ill effects
>I might anticipate running the thing the way I have these many years,
>without vent tubes. I do NOT have Delrin in my engine compartment (and the
>heater circuits ARE connected).
>     I believe the battery I have in there has got vent nipple(s) (for
>tube[s]). It is NOT a maintenance-free battery. The car is in the body shop,
>so I can't check right now.
>
>Joe Potts
>Miami, Florida USA
>1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
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