Here's a quote from an earlier post...
>You'll probably get a lot of replies, because I suspect a lot of us (most
>of us?) are running a single 12V battery, for the reasons you mention
>(simpler, cheaper, easier to find). It has nothing to do with the
>alternator! You just find a 12V battery that is small enough to fit in the
>well (easily found* --I suggest getting one with the built-in handle) and
>rearrange the battery cables appropriately. This means you put the battery
>in the well that has the direct POS (+) cable from the front of the car,
>and buy (or re-use, switching it from the other well) a ground cable that
>goes from the battery NEG (-) post to the frame. Remove the surplus cable
>(which connected the two wells), and there you are. Make sure you also rig
>some kind of battery hold-down -- the stock kind probably will no longer
>fit, and you don't want the battery posts shorting to the metal cover when
>you go over a bump!**
*Group 26, I think, is the correct size.
**Someone suggested getting the rubber insulated boots that fit over the
battery posts, instead, since the 12V battery does fit very snugly, so
doesn't really need a holddown otherwise.
Kelley, Bruce had this to say:
>Looking for suggestions on converting to one 12 volt battery for my 74b.
>Will a 12 volt fit in one of the existing battery boxes?
>
>Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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