there is such a tool as a battery clamp puller.
a little two jaw hook type puller.
any FLAPS

it's a real struggle.
I'm real gentle on stuff, but I don't mind bending some of the metal back a
bit .....
they were super dumb not to have an eighth or quarter inch more room in
there.

last one I got out that was a bitch .....I had the battery tilted up
drastically on one end - the end toward the side of the van I think.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zoltan" <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 1:09 PM
Subject: Batter clamp removal ...?

I can't get it out.  And the battery won't come out either.  I don't want to
force anything too much.
I'm sure, there is a trick to it.
Anyone knows this simple thing?  It is a Westfalia.
Z