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Subject:Re: Behind light storage was:vanagon Digest - 20 Feb 2020 to 21 Feb 2020 (#2020-66)
From:Eric Caron
Date:Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:32:48 -0500

Yes,  But I also found that VW bugs rotted out under the battery and that was inside the car under the back seat. 

I kept my air cooled bus battery area inspected and It needed care but I kept it from rotting out. 
It was a trouble spot for sure.
Eric 

> On Feb 23, 2020, at 10:29 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
> 
> Eric:
> 
> Yes, t is also where the battery is located on my ’66 (T1) and was on my bread loaf (’71) … the battery tray on those was notorious for rotting out. 
> 
> 
>> On 23-Feb-2020, at 11:23, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> 
>> Thats really interesting. 
>> 
>> I think that is where the battery was for my air cooled busses., the side of the engine compartment.
>> 
>> Do you have a vanagon with the battery there?  If so you must have a available storage area in the front for a spare house battery or storage compartment behind the driver’s seat.?
>> 
>> Eric 
>> 
>>> On Feb 23, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
>>> 
>>> For some of us, that is where the battery is located.
>>> 
>>>> On 22-Feb-2020, at 20:23, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> yes... it's where the battery's located in my Doka...
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 4:10 PM vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> VW didn't quite miss it. Starting in late 81 models they used it for the
>>>>> battery location in diesel engine T3 with about 600,000 built that way.
>>>>> These made up about half of the total production of T3 vehicles from
>>>>> that point.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mark
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dennis Haynes wrote:
>>>>>> One of those VW missed opportunities. This could have been a place for a
>>>>> battery.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dennis
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>