I would think that gluing something on the order of truck tire inner
tube material or maybe some mudflap material would protect that lid
from shorting out the positive terminal, even in a roll over.

YMMV

DM&FS

At 08:26 PM 6/1/2008, neil N wrote:
>Yikes.
>
>Is it possible there was a short between the positive post and the
>metal cover?
>
>I had some leftover thin foam from rebuilding my heat/fresh air
>exchange box and used that to cover the inside of the metal cover. I
>covered the rest of it with duct tape.
>
>I assume no one was hurt and that things are otherwise ok.
>
>I hope. --- :^)
>
>Neil.
>
>
>
>
>On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Zoltan Kuthy <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
> > Just as I turned the key, booom, smoke and chaos.
> > Apparently, the battery exploded under the pass. seat.  One cell
> leaked out completely, the others partially.  The plastic of the
> battery fell apart at places.
> > Today, I was cleaning the whole thing up, POR 15, bedliner spray,
> cleaning ground, fitting with stainless bolt.
> > Otherwise all is well.
> > Zoltan
> >
>
>
>
>--
>Neil Nicholson. 1981 Jetta-fied Westfalia - "Jaco"
>
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