Well, I have the stock battery hold-down (never used). As you say, the
holes are already there. But the Group 26 12V battery fits so tight in
the well that I didn't see any way to fit the hook rods down beside the
battery. And, the top bar is too short to go across the battery top. I
suppose I could find a generic one, as you did. Perhaps it would work
with the stock rods, and I wouldn't have to cut them down.
Eric had this to say:
>Max Heim wrote:
>>
>> >Skye,
>> >
>> >I use a bungie cord. ....
>>
>> I do, too (I just didn't want to admit it). But now that we're
>> confessing...
>>
>
>
>I can promise you that this would not get past scrutineering :-)
>
>The night before my first ever race I was panicking because I didn't
>have the bettery (single 12v) tied down properly. I had bought a
>standard clamp arrangement but left it to the last minute to fit - as
>you do. It was now early hours of the morning and I could not quite see
>how it would fit.
>
>As it turned out, after I got the bits of wood that were packing the
>battery in tight up until now (very professional job it was, too) I
>found holes for the hooks already in the sides of the 'well'. I was
>preparing to drill these but a PO probably did it already ... unless
>they are standard. Check for yourself, you may be worrying about
>nothing.
>
>The only problem was that the holes are half way up the walls which
>means that the butterfly nuts would not tighten down all the way and the
>threaded tops of the hooks stick up to far to fit the lid down. I used
>a judicious number of washers and hacksawed the tops down to size and
>all was well.
>
>Of course, the scrutineers never lifted the lid on the battery
>compartment! But I guess it was still the wise thing to do.
>
>
>Eric
>'68MGB MkII
>
>PS In fact, after six race events they STILL have never lifted the
>battery compartment lid!
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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