Totally intact in my '91 Westy. I don't recall any hold-down, but my
battery doesn't move either, so it's tight. I never look forward to pulling
it, but I saved the plastic carrier strap that with battery for that.

-MB

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Okay folks, I'm curious about something. How many of you camper/Weekender
> owners have unmolested battery boxes behind the passenger seat? How many
> intact boxes have you seen? I’m not going to bother to ask how many still
> have the battery hold down clamp.
>
> The box on my ’84 was fine because I bought it when it was only two years
> old, and I’m not an idiot. But, both my son’s ’87 and my current ’85 have
> butchered boxes. Mine is sawed 3” down both sides for easy bending (hard on
> the carpet), and my son’s box back edge was hammered into oblivion.
>
> It’s too bad Westfalia Werks didn’t put an instruction label on the
> battery cover, it was a terrible oversight. 😉
>
> Stuart
>

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