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11-22-2014, 01:03 PM | #1 |
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Optima Battery Holder
I received the holder for my Optima battery yesterday and lacking anything better to do, I went ahead and primed and painted it. Big mistake. This morning I noticed that the bolt hole looked a but under size, and sure enough they were, so I dutifully enlarged them so the bolt will pass through. Good so far? Well not really. The bracket is approximately an inch and a half too long (eyeball measurement) to secure it with the battery box bolts. So I have to determine where to cut and weld. Should have made my own bracket. May go back to the bungee cord someone mentioned. Anyone else have similar problem?
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11-22-2014, 01:04 PM | #2 |
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Re: Optima Battery Holder
That should be a "bit" undersize.
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11-22-2014, 01:23 PM | #3 |
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Re: Optima Battery Holder
Where did you buy this bracket? There are different ones out there.
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11-22-2014, 10:27 PM | #4 |
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Re: Optima Battery Holder
Bratton's, and I would return it but can't complain, as I was fool enough to paint it before I noticed it would need modification to work. I'm not blaming them, I should have tried it first, just got a bit too trusting. Won't do that next time out.
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11-22-2014, 10:33 PM | #5 |
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Re: Optima Battery Holder
Had a similar problem with the holder I bought for my '28 roadster. I had to do some judicious cutting of a mounting tab as it wouldn't go past the frame rail properly. And it was nicely powder coated. When I mentioned it to the vendor, the reply was that the bracket wasn't right for the 1928's. Well, duh!
But it's in place now and I really didn't like the bungee cord option. |
11-22-2014, 11:45 PM | #6 |
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11-23-2014, 11:14 AM | #7 |
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Re: Optima Battery Holder
I used the angle iron bracket sold for the group 1 battery, held it just fine for 16 years
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