My first vanagon had a battery compartement lid tht was tweaked enought that
it did touch a couple of times. I would not say that this is comon, but it
is possible.

Tony

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.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> 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
> >
>

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