[Spits] screw-on battery terminals?

[Joe Curry]

The only thing that I would be concerned with is getting a battery with the
proper height to clear the recess of the battery box.  The last thing you
want to do is cause contact that would short out the battery.

Joe

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[mailto:spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of s1500
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:41 AM
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Subject: [Spits] screw-on battery terminals?

My Spit's battery finally bit the dust yesterday. After an attempted 
charging, it's not going to turn the starter motor over. I double 
checked the battery terminals, etc.

My question is this: How hard is it to use those newer type screw-on 
battery terminal posts with a Spit? Finding the positive cable 
replacement should be easy(it's a small cable), but I have found zero 
luck in finding a battery cable that also branches out to the ground so 
it ground out to the tranny bellhousing. Unless there's some separate 
cable I can mount on the screw terminal thing to use that for ground. If 
that's a no-no, please tell me.

I've realized that these old fashioned battery clamps are more of a 
hassle than anything.

Also, would this get in the way of the factory standard battery 
hold-down clamp?
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