On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> As we all know, the battery compartment of the vanagon is under the passenger seat. �It is covered with a metal lid. �What do you folks do to insure that this lid never contacts the battery terminals? �The thing has screws to fasten it in place, but seems capable of coming loose and becoming a conductor. �I considered a pad made of an old inner tube, or something similar.
>
> Thanks, �David McNeely
>

IIRC, the square red cap on Pos. post that c/w the new battery, but
for sure, duct tape and foam strips on lid.

One other caution re: lid. Make sure lid hold down screws aren't too
long. 1 or 2 of mine were missing, so I put in new ones. Later on, was
surprised to see the tip of one **just** boring into a + lead.

Neil.

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