I worry about it happening when the front passenger seat is turned around and someone has their feet propped up here or that someone may stand on it to get something from the top bunk.
?
David Clarkson
90 Westy

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 2:38 pm
Subject: Re: battery compartment

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 
>