Eric,

After busting a few things trying to get batteries out in the past, I
bought one from Napa that just slips on the terminals so you can lift that
battery straight out. I don't know if this was your intention or not, but
it worked wonders for me. I keep it in my glove compartment when not in use.

Marc Perdue

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:30 PM, Eric Caron <eric.caron@icloud.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
>         I recently received a vanagon battery holder thing.  Thanks Jim.
> I’m assuming this will bolt in at the top of the battery and push down on
> it to hold in place.
>
> If I’m wrong please let me know.
>
> I have the GO West battery behind the driver’s seat and it has a holder
> like that.
>
> Interestingly.  Now that I have the thing in my hands and understand it I
> don’t know why people don’t use it.  My battery didn’t have one.  It also
> had a worn wire coming off the battery that was worn through the outer
> layer as the battery shifted and rubbed in the battery compartment.
>
>         But here is my other question.  Were similar holders used on bay
> windows and buses?  I have a part that was given to me along with other
> older bus parts.  He said it was a battery clamp.  It feels a lot like the
> vanagon one only wider I thing the bolt is even the same.  I vaguly think
> from my days with busses that it would have clamped to the bottom of the
> battery.
>
> Is this basically the same thing but now holds at the top?
>
> I’m glad to use the smaller original Vanagon one, but was a little tempted
> to use the old Bay or splitty one just for fun!
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto
>