I have always used a hold down on my LBC's, and needless to say have never
had a problem. However once I bought a used Volvo. The first night I had
the car I was doing a tune up and usual stuff to a "new car" (to me anyway).
I noticed a strange crescent shaped piece missing from one of the stiffeners
under the hood. It took me a minute to figure out what had caused it. It
was located directly above the positive battery cable and of course there was
no hold down. There was before I left the shop that evening! So I submit
that it does not take the Grand Canyon for this type of event to occur.
Rick Ewald
In a message dated 02/06/2000 7:04:22 AM Pacific Standard Time,
microdoc@apk.net writes:
> I think it is an injustice to call a topographic event a "bump" if it is
> capable
> of launching a battery skyward enough for it to weld itself to the cover
> panel in
> the MGA/MGB. I think that a bump of that magnitude would be more aptly
> referred
> to as a National Monument like the Grande Canyon, or the Cliffs of Dover
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