There are two size boxes. One for the chrome bumpered cars that have the two
battery boxes and the other for rubber bumpered cars with a single battery
compartment. I have a group 26 Interstate battery in the BGT with no room
to spare. I have heard that some G26 batteries have hold down extrusions
that will interfer with the fit. Don't know what a M!@t@ uses but group 21
batteries are easy to find here on long island.
Safety fast,
David Deutsch
----- Original Message -----
From: Feldman, Jack (Jack) <jack@lucent.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 6:23 AM
Subject: Battery Size information needed. HELP!
> I assumed all the after market battery boxes for MGs are alike. Moss says
a
> group 21, or 26 battery will fit. I took the box to two suppliers. The
fist
> was one of these "we have every battery made" places. Their group 26
battery
> wouldn't even fit in the opening. The salesman said he didn't have a group
> 21, and they were for Miatas. Do you know if this is true?
>
> The second place was Pep Boys. Their group 26 battery would fit in the
> opening as far as the place where the walls make the opening narrower. I
> measured the floor of the box, and it came out to 1/4 inch smaller than
the
> battery. Same problem for the depth. Battery just a bit too big.
>
> OK, who has batteries that fit? I can't be the only one who has bought one
> of these boxes. We have a local Miata dealer, but I would never buy a
> battery, or anything else, from a dealer.
>
> Help!
>
> Jack
>
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