I've seen (pictures, at least) of English batteries that have a deep
groove on one side, into which the thicker wood block would fit without
pushing the "normal" battery too far into the boot.
Anyone else seen/heard of batteries with a horizontal notch along the
length of one side?
bs
Rich C wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> It seems that part way through the BJ8's they fitted a different battery
> which was narrower than previous. Therefore instead of the usual wood block
> about 7/8" thick, they introduced a much thicker block to take up the width
> difference. You seem to have one.
> Regardless, here are pictures of the location of the block on an earlier
> BJ8, the holes being in the same place as yours would be. The holes average
> about 4" above the brackets where the battery tray will sit. However they
> are not parallel with the brackets, the forward one being about 3 3/4" above
> where thee tray sits and the rear one being about 4 1/4" above the rear
> bracket. So it seems they weren't that exacting about it.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rich Chrysler
>
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