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Subject:Re: battery compartment
From:Jeff Lincoln
Date:Thu, 8 Jul 2010 14:40:02 -0400

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone ever had their battery short due to one of the lids making
> contact?
>
> I've never seen it happen, and I've been through hundreds of Vanagons over
> the years.
>
I've never shorted anything but I did manage to get some pretty heafty
sparks flying once when I closed that lid on one of my old Vanagons.
Scary!!!

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Thanks,

Jeff
'85 GL (Gertie)
'90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
'86 (We call this one Scrap)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus