How Do You Secure Your Battery?
#1
How Do You Secure Your Battery?
So my Cutlass will be returning the road next week but I need a way to hold the battery down. I had one of those elastic bands with hooks on each end before, but I don't trust that and would like a more safe solution. What do you guys recommend for making sure the battery will stay where it's suppose to.
#2
Make sure you have a battery tray as well...don't want it sitting right on the core support...
My '71 was missing that, so I got a generic plastic tray and metal hold down bracket for cheap.
My '71 was missing that, so I got a generic plastic tray and metal hold down bracket for cheap.
Last edited by VI Cutty; February 2nd, 2017 at 03:12 PM.
#3
I had a plastic tray with the hold down like OC showed i was afraid if push came to shove that hold down would rip right thru the plastic...
I took it out and got a tray and clamp similar to the below pic, the battery fits under that lip on the tray and the clamp keeps it from moving seems pretty solid
I took it out and got a tray and clamp similar to the below pic, the battery fits under that lip on the tray and the clamp keeps it from moving seems pretty solid
#5
Factory tray is good if you got it. I waited months for one to show up on backorder, despite the system showing there was one in Kansas. It never did appear.
On the bright side I now have two, one for each car I'm keeping.
On the bright side I now have two, one for each car I'm keeping.
#6
In the 76 442, Fusick reproduction of the original battery tray with a plastic spacer I got free with my battery from the auto parts store (to maintain correct height) and a Fusick repro battery hold down so it all mounts like the factory did it. You have to have the plastic spacer since one side mounts on the core support and I haven't found batteries made in the original case size used in 76. On my 67 another Fusick repro tray with a GM NOS battery hold down.
I had a friend who used a cheap, rubber shock cord, made in India to hold his battery in place on a 74 Ford F100 Ranger with a 390. It makes quite a mess when the battery goes in the fan at speed on the highway. There's a lot more room under the hood on the Ford truck for things to fly around when they become unsecured but I'm sure you get the picture.
I had a friend who used a cheap, rubber shock cord, made in India to hold his battery in place on a 74 Ford F100 Ranger with a 390. It makes quite a mess when the battery goes in the fan at speed on the highway. There's a lot more room under the hood on the Ford truck for things to fly around when they become unsecured but I'm sure you get the picture.
#7
My question is why a decent repro part readily available & pretty cheap why eff around with universal stuff?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-72-Olds...BXUcDp&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-77-GM-B...BXUbaf&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-72-Olds...BXUcDp&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-77-GM-B...BXUbaf&vxp=mtr
#8
My question is why a decent repro part readily available & pretty cheap why eff around with universal stuff?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-72-Olds...BXUcDp&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-77-GM-B...BXUbaf&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-72-Olds...BXUcDp&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-77-GM-B...BXUbaf&vxp=mtr
Last edited by Texas442; February 3rd, 2017 at 11:13 AM.
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