In a message dated 10/29/03 2:48:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET writes:

> I was puzzled why it was so darned hard getting the battery out of the
> Westfalia until I realized it's a Group 42 battery, not the smaller Group 41
> battery in the regular air-cooled Vanagon.  Is this what's supposed to be
> there, or did a PO shoehorn in a too-large battery?
>
>

uhh...actually the group 42 is the SMALLER battery.  the group 41 is longer
than the group 42.  the group 42 is the battery of choice for the westy.    if
you think a 42 is a tight fit, try shoehorning the 41 in a westy - even
tighter.

chris