Well as coincidence has it... I had to put a new battery in my camper
yesterday. The reference guide the Interstate dealers use recommends
using the Group 91 battery in Vanagons (as opposed to the group 41
battery).

I chose to use the Group 91. It's identical in size to the group 41,
which, as you noted a higher CCA rating. In my case they didn't have a
72 month group 41, so I also got a longer lifed battery to replaced the
previous Interstate (which had lasted 7 years.)

Of course, this also led to that issue of "skinning the knuckles" to
get the old battery out. Except I found a good way to replace the
battery that didn't require me to stick my delicate finders down into
the battery compartment. I have some packing straps (1/2 wide band of
reinforced plastic straps typically used to bind larger items). I
inserted this down the sides of the battery to the loops that were
there on the older Interstate I was replacing. I used a long then
screwdriver to bring the ends back up, and then, Voila!, I had a
carrying handle for the old battery.

The new battery has the carrying handle built in.

On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 08:26  AM, Todd Last wrote:

> Most standard replacement batteries have a 650 CCA rating.
> And I did find one, an Interstate MTP-91 rated at 700 CCA