That�s exactly the same idea Audi used in their Audi 5000s and 100s with
A/C. Since the battery is under the rear seats, a hot terminal is located
under the hood.

Simple and well engineered by VW germans :-)))

Raimund

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Cort" <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:24 AM
Subject: Re: Easier battery jumping?

> To all who hate tearing apart the van just to get a jump...
> My wife has a BMW 525i and it has a battery stupidly mounted under the
rear passenger seat.  It is a pain to pull appart to get to it.
> The way BMW has taken care of that is put a HOT terminal post right in the
engine compartiment. It is well insulated and  isolated and easy to get to
under the hood. If the car needs a jump it is simple to open the hood and
attach the positive to the post and the negative to a good ground on the
engine.  Simple and well engineered by other Germans.  Ah I wished I could
clone the BMW engine into our vans, man would it be fast.............
> Now if we could do that through our little license plate door that would
make it easier to jump start these vans with a failling battery.
> Joel
> 89 Syncro Westy
> Rochester NY.
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