So, it sounds like I just have to push the battery backward and force this
flatbar thing out upward.
Z
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Buese" <tombuese@comcast.net>
To: "Zoltan" <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Battery hold down unit, removal?

>I  replaced my westy primary battery recently, & had the same issue,  but
>it eventually came out w/ some wiggling of the battery clamp  piece.  I
>can't remember what I specifically did, but it did come out  & then I broke
>the battery strap trying to get a 7-8 year old Die Hard  battery out which
>was really tightly in there.
> I think  I ended up using a BFP- Big Frosted Prybar-  to torque the
> battery loose.  There has to be a more professional way, but this is  the
> only primary battery I have ever had to remove in 7 years of  owning this
> westy.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ
>
> On Oct 16, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Zoltan wrote:
>
>> I can't take the battery out because that flat bar thing that bolts  to
>> the body is not coming out.  This is the thing that holds the  battery
>> down in place, in a Westfalia.  It looks like it supposed to  be taken
>> out first, then the battery can move forward to be able to  lift it out.
>> I'm moving it sideways, looking for a spot where it may come out,  but so
>> far nothing.  I don't know the trick.
>> Anyone?
>> Westfalia battery hold down unit.
>> Zoltan
>