[TR] Battery for Negative Ground TR4A

[Brian Thomas]

Hi,

The battery in my TR4A is toast and it's time for a replacement.  I'm 
finding the type 27F that is in the car is a special order.

I chose 27F (12 years ago) instead of the Type 24 which I believe is 
the normal fitment as I could get it in black with a flat top and two 
"gang" vents. These I  replaced with 6 OLD "round" style vents to 
give a period look and the LUCAS sticker applied helped to create 
this illusion.

The 27F (and probably 24) when installed in a negative ground car has 
the terminals on the firewall side.  I'm wondering if anyone is using 
a type 27 in this app?  The terminals would then be on the engine 
side.  There doesn't appear to be a problem with the hold down bar 
(making contact with the terminals) but I'm concerned about the 
positive cable mounting shorting out.

I ask because type 27 is an off-the-shelf item.

Opinions?

Thanks,

Brian


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