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Location:
was adelaide now newcastle
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: Battery relocation
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Mon, 08 September 2003 23:18
 
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i originally moved my battery from the engine bay to where the back seat used to be in my 86, but have now installed a new oddessey battery in the engine bay again, this was after consultation with an engineer who told me what had to be done to engineer the battery inside the car, the following things must be done..
-battery box must vent to outside
-battery bracket must be firmly bolted/welded to body of car (no tek-screws)
-tray must be installed under battery (to catch any leakage)
-wiring to battery must be safe (obviously open to the engineers interpretation of safe)
in the end was cheaper and easier to get the oddessey(cost $210), which fits nicely in the front and doesnt hit my I/C plumbing.
please note even if a battery is dry cell (which oddessey is not, only optima)must still comply with all regs, ie like child restraints and unleaded filler necks- car may be sold to some one who doesnt know thus everything must be idiot proof.
i chose the oddessey due to its small size, and as optima dont make small batteries that i could find, just grunty batteries (ie for stereos)
finally, i really wonder if the "weight ballance" will make up for the extra 10kg or so of weight in the wire and the batt box etc.., but a relocated battery does look the goods though.
ps if you are after a batt box, wire, and switch complete with 3month old battery pm me , im in newcastle
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Battery relocation
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Chris-008 | Mon, 08 September 2003 08:22 |
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knackers | Mon, 08 September 2003 09:10 |
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draven | Mon, 08 September 2003 09:42 |
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sideshow | Mon, 08 September 2003 09:48 |
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draven | Mon, 08 September 2003 09:51 |
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Nark | Tue, 09 September 2003 06:42 |
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justcallmefrank | Mon, 08 September 2003 09:53 |
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Cool1 | Mon, 08 September 2003 09:58 |
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sideshow | Mon, 08 September 2003 09:59 |
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oldcorollas | Mon, 08 September 2003 10:57 |
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sideshow | Mon, 08 September 2003 10:01 |
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Cool1 | Mon, 08 September 2003 10:06 |
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draven | Mon, 08 September 2003 10:07 |
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sideshow | Mon, 08 September 2003 11:03 |
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shinybluesteel | Mon, 08 September 2003 12:17 |
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JDM hachi | Mon, 08 September 2003 23:18 |
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Youngy | Tue, 09 September 2003 00:33 |
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oldcorollas | Tue, 09 September 2003 02:13 |
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Cool1 | Tue, 09 September 2003 08:42 |
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Youngy | Tue, 09 September 2003 09:10 |
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Cool1 | Tue, 09 September 2003 09:29 |
