oh Squirrel !
you're supposed to check the battery more often than that !

the battery is a 'service item' after all.  Like takes some checking every
once in a while.

( I bought an 85 Wolfsburg weekender ..had an original Audi/vw white case
battery under the driver's seat ..
there shoulda  been a prize hidden there. Quite sure I was the first person
to see that battery in well over 20 years.   )

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: battery compartment

> Whew. And here I was thinking I was the only one who overthought things!
>
> That cover is held on with four machine screws. Long ones, too. They'd
> have to back out a considerable distance before letting go.
>
> I can't think of any way that the cover could come loose.
>
> Find a collectible copy of Playboy, maybe from the '80s, put it in a
> archival-quality airtight plastic bag, and lay it on the battery.
>
> If things go according to plan, someone, someday, will open the
> compartment and find a prize.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> Dave Mcneely 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