My '84 7 passenger doesn't have the vent at the lower front of the
battery box like my '85 Westy does.  I use ordinary group 41 batteries
from Wal*Mart and my stitching and fabric is fine.

Mike

bueses wrote:
> on 3/1/06 11:29 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM at JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
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>>o be restiched, and the guy agreed with me..  improperly vented battery, or
>>battery acid "vapors" had made the stitching rot out..
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>>anyone ever seen this before?
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>>how many of you have your battery properly vented w/ the little tube, etc?
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> Hmmmm? I'll have to check, but both my batteries are sealed. Does it still
> need to be vented?
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> Tom
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