Jon...
In the passenger footwell, up on the 'ledge'
under the battery box, next to the tranny tunnel you'll
find a hole in the floor the p.o. probably covered over
as well. The orig drain tube came out of the bottom
of the battery box near the front corner nearest the engine
and ran through a tube down through the floor.
Personally, I've never seen 'battery' acid from today's
batteries as the problem as most are well sealed.
It's the standing water that rusts through the battery boxes.
I too...drive a BGT as my year round daily driver.
The length of the battery cable has never been a problem
as long as the cable gauge is matched to the length
for the current the starter needs. IE: 4 awg or larger.
0 awg would be great but is hard to route (large and stiff)
Paul Tegler
wizardz@toad.net
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>
To: "Spitlist" <spitfires@autox.team.net>; "Nass" <nass@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:44 AM
Subject: >>NASS Yet another battery box question
> Hi All,
> I'll be working my back up to the front of Ol' Yeller next and in light of
> the recent threads about relocating batteries, floating batteries, etc I'm
> wondering... where does the drain go TO?
> The existing battery box bottom was fiberglassed at some point and there's
> no drain. From what others have said, I'm guessing once it rotted through
> its been letting acid seepage run into the passenger footwell and
> contributing to the general mayhem there. If I put a drain in, where do I
> route it? It seems if I take it out the front of the bulkhead it would
> dribble the aforementioned corrosive runoff down the front of the bulkhead
> and eventually ruin the new paint. If I somehow tube it down under the car
> it would trail along the frame or floorpan with the same results.
> How about those mats that go under the battery to neutralize any runoff?
> They work? Should I just put a solid floor in the battery box and be done
> with it? AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa....
>
> And as to relocating into the trunk- any risk of hydrogen sulfide gas
> buildup right near the petrol tank? Another concern, my first car was a
'66
> MGB (can I say that here?) and the battery had been relocated to the trunk
> from the original drink coolers behind the seats- a shop had told me the
> extra cable length could drop the voltage far enough to cause issues with
> starting and charging. Any truth or concerns that a 7' cable to the
starter
> would be troublesome?
>
> TIA for any and all comments, thoughts, suggestions, experiences, etc...
>
> "Any drive you don't return from on a tow truck was a good one..."
> Jon
> '77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol' Yeller"
> FM66043 7U
> Nass #104
> www.bigolbear.com
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