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Re: how to: ST185 Gt4 Rear battery relocation	Fri, 25 February 2005 11:26

Now from here on in - we start tidying things up If your happy with the path taken ( i was ) and happy with the engine bay being compete and up to scratch ( yup - happy with that too ), start working on getting it all sorted in the back .. I started by setting up a secondary earth strap off the battery - grounding it to the other strut tower via one of the bolts on top .. Once again - clean back to metal for good contact , prep - and cut another suitable piece of cable - say 60 Cm this time .. Lug , solder and crimp the ends - and your second earth is complete! This one will run to the negative termninal on the battery ! After all the wriring in the back was ready , mine looked a lottle something like this ( minus terminal to hook to battery ) That red lead is my amp lead - ignore if you dont have an amp - take note , if you do! You can see clearluy in this pic the floor of the hatch - Under that is your fuel tank - BIG BIG take notice! When your readying to mount your battery box - use the shortest screws possible - you only have a maxumum of 15MM under this befoire you hit the fuel tank My battery box came with a strap - and 2 saddles to hold the strap down - this is only to hold the BOX down - youll need to be crafty in mounting the battery itself in the box - ( for this i used the above 5 inch or so bolts , plate brace - with insulating over it and secured down with wingnuts - make sure you have good clearance for your terminals - remember - that metal brace wilkl conduct !!) Back to the strap - I mounted one saddle right up against the white plastic thing you can see - using metal self tappers - and about 4 washers per screw - not to hit the fuel tank the secondary - i mounted between the two grommets you see in the lower left corner - theres good metal there - pop them out and feel under - youll see what I mean I havent got a pic of this - but can get it if asked nicely ! cut two small slits in your boot carpet to feed your strap thru - then start putting all your panels , seats , carpet etc etc back in bar for the rear most plastic panel - and back seat - leave them until your happy with how the cable feeds to the back. Havent got a pic of this either - im working on it ! In this pic you can see my temporary solution to how to get the cables thru the last panel - i removed the small light in there ( its broken - needs repairs - fed the cable thru to the batterybox .. ) This is with the battery box in place - all hooked up - See my bracing ? See the isolator green thing - very handy! And this - is the final product - all hooked up - and secure! I have some fine tuning and neatening to do - but this setup works - ive tested it - and nothing caught fire! So there you go - this is only a example of what can be done - I WONT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMEONE REPLCATING THIS AND BURING THEIR CAR DOWN.. ( standard disclaimer - use at own risk! ) [Updated on: Sat, 02 July 2005 04:22] [Report message to a moderator]

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