<VV> battery area question

[Harry Yarnell]

I do believe a 22F will NOT fit a late model battery tray. 24F is what
should be there. These 24F's are still available anywhere batteries are
sold.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Sullivan" <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
To: "'Virtualvairs'" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 11:50 AM
Subject: RE: <VV> battery area question


> Sam et al., the battery you need for your '65 is a 22F. Is that what New
> Castle sold you? If so, the stock caps should fit perfectly.
>
> I didn't realize that New Castle was reproducing the 22F since only the
> Corvair used this size battery in the Delco line. On the other hand, they
> definitely are reproducing the 24, which is the correct heavy duty battery
> for a '65 (and '66) Corvair. That battery used a different style of vent
> cap. It was two pieces and stood up a lot taller than the 22F's caps. I
have
> not checked the hole to hole spacing but it wouldn't surprise me if they
> were different.
>
> Note no "F" in the HD size (24). That means the posts are facing the other
> direction. Chevy provided different (longer) battery cables when the HD
> battery option was installed. I think Clark's is reproing both cable sets
> now.
>
> --Kent
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of airvair
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 10:37 PM
> To: Sam & Marissa Andolino
> Cc: Virtualvairs
> Subject: Re: <VV> battery area question
>
> Then technically speaking, you had the wrong size battery. Unless you went
> with the "heavy duty" size, in which case you needed the option's special
> battery caps. This option had the terminals on the outboard side of the
> battery, like standard cars (remember that the '65-9 Corvair uses a
> 'backwards' battery), and used a plate that fit under the battery hole
caps
> in gangs of 3, and a special vented cover that snapped onto the plate and
> attached to the stock rubber vent tubes. It also came with a 6" longer
> ground cable.
>
> -Mark
>
> Sam & Marissa Andolino wrote:
>
> >Our  65 has a grommet with two holes like our 66.  We bought a new Tar
> >top battery but the original vent caps with the two hoses will not fit
> >on the battery.
> >
> >Sam & Marissa Andolino
> >
> >
>
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