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1. battery box replacement (score: 1): Author: "Fred Griffiths" <griffco@cadvision.com>; Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 21:50:52 -0600; Has anyone any experience replacing a battery box on a Spit? I see they are listed as available in Rimmer. Are these metal? Does one NEED to remove the bulkhead braces to install it? I'm not interest; /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00500.html (7,601 bytes)
2. Re: battery box replacement (score: 1): Author: Dan Canaan <flinters@picarefy.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:58:37 -0700; Probably the easiest way to do this is to grind down the original spot welds on the battery box lip and remove it from above. It just drops into the bulkhead opening. If you grind it down, you'll end; /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00527.html (8,994 bytes)
3. Re: battery box replacement (score: 1): Author: "Tom O'Malley" <tom.omalley@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 19:18:29 -0400; I asked this question a few years back and got a reply from Greg Wolf. Here it's 2002 and I still haven't replaced mine....RealSoonNow. :-) According to Greg, Vicky Brit has the OEM style metal box.; /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00529.html (8,204 bytes)
4. battery box replacement (score: 1): Author: "Fred Griffiths" <griffco@cadvision.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 19:37:35 -0600; Thanks to all who responded. I got everything from fiberglass repairs to how to install a metal one in several ways. I have a riberglass repair in my MK IV and it works well, but looks like fiberglas; /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00534.html (7,662 bytes)
5. Re: battery box replacement (score: 1): Author: "Mike Chambers" <mikech@sprynet.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:54:11 -0600; I just installed one this weekend. I left the braces in place. I used a die grinder with a cutoff wheel to cut along the inside edge of the old one, leaving the top flanges in the car (too may spot w; /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00538.html (8,258 bytes)
6. Re: battery box replacement (score: 1): Author: gary durham <gjdurham@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 23:12:49 -0500; Contrary to popular belief (99%), it is NOT the battery acid which destroys the battery tray. It is condensate. The bonnet acts like an inverted moisture trap. A little acid will remove the paint, bu; /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00540.html (8,205 bytes)
7. Re: battery box replacement (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:52:28 -0400; In that case, you might want to check with steel mills and such, places that do acid pickling. If you really think acid does nothing to steel, perhaps you should read some expert books on the subject; /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00544.html (7,844 bytes)
8. Re: battery box replacement (score: 1): Author: gary durham <gjdurham@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:06:07 -0500; No need to send the same message multiple times to us all. We get it the first time. Being an off topic opinion, perhaps just the once, and directly (private) to me, might have sufficed to suit your; /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00547.html (10,369 bytes)
9. Re: battery box replacement (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:49:16 -0400; Straw man arguments and tar baby tactics Gary. Doesn't change the fact that battery acid is corrosive to steel. PS: The specific acid in a steel mill that you slurred as being absurd and not relevant; /html/spitfires/2002-04/msg00550.html (7,624 bytes)

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