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Mar 9, 2019 | 03:59 PM

sevntyW30auto

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Top Post or Side Post Battery

My car is a 70 W30 built December 69. Should I have a top or side post battery?

Thanks

Mar 9, 2019 | 04:47 PM

jaunty75

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The '70 Chassis Service Manual shows all 1970 Oldsmobiles had top-post batteries. I thinks side-post batteries first came into use in 1972.

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Mar 9, 2019 | 06:25 PM

sevntyW30auto

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Originally Posted by jaunty75

The '70 Chassis Service Manual shows all 1970 Oldsmobiles had top-post batteries. I thinks side-post batteries first came into use in 1972.

Thank you. I found the section in my Chassis Service Manual but the page that would show it clearly in my CSM is defected...of course

Mar 10, 2019 | 07:01 AM

joe_padavano

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Originally Posted by jaunty75

I thinks side-post batteries first came into use in 1972.

^^^This.

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