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Subject:Re: Fitting the battery into the Westy box
From:Mike Collum
Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:00:42 -0400

I have even used Lawn chair webbing around the battery ... and just left
it there to make withdrawing the battery easy.

I have also strung zip ties together and used them where the "Handle"
should have been (though the battery came without one).

Mike

Bill P. wrote:
> Although a battery handle is available, the method used here to
> lower a battery into the underseat box is to put an old belt
> around and under the battery using it like a handle and just
> lower it into the box.  Then withdraw the belt.
>
> Somewhere I saw that the Odyyseyy 1200 Dry Cell battery fits
> under the drivers side (Westy89 here) but the price is pretty
> high, around $180 plus.
>
> Bill89westy 2.3
>