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<blockquote data-quote="naskeet" data-source="post: 641626" data-attributes="member: 15903"><p>If one has a factory-standard, VW 1600 Type 2 with the oil-bath air cleaner and various 50 mm diameter flexible hoses, it's probably easier to access a battery mounted on the other side of the engine compartment. This is what we did in circa 1981/82, when we fitted a generic 60 Ah battery, instead of the specially sized & shaped battery to fit on the right-hand side which would be retained by the standard VW Type 2 pattern battery clamp, which clamps the bottom of the battery casing.</p><p></p><p>I used a much longer positive-supply cable, salvaged from a VW 411/412 Variant and a woven negative-supply cable salvaged from a Triumph Toledo/Dolomite. I fabricated a varnished, stepped plywood base, which bolted down using stainless-steel M6 machine screws, "penny-washers" & Nyloc nuts to the shaped battery-well and fastened galvanised, sheet-steel battery-retainers to the plywood, using stainless-steel M5 coutersunk machine screws, washers & Nyloc nuts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="naskeet, post: 641626, member: 15903"] If one has a factory-standard, VW 1600 Type 2 with the oil-bath air cleaner and various 50 mm diameter flexible hoses, it's probably easier to access a battery mounted on the other side of the engine compartment. This is what we did in circa 1981/82, when we fitted a generic 60 Ah battery, instead of the specially sized & shaped battery to fit on the right-hand side which would be retained by the standard VW Type 2 pattern battery clamp, which clamps the bottom of the battery casing. I used a much longer positive-supply cable, salvaged from a VW 411/412 Variant and a woven negative-supply cable salvaged from a Triumph Toledo/Dolomite. I fabricated a varnished, stepped plywood base, which bolted down using stainless-steel M6 machine screws, "penny-washers" & Nyloc nuts to the shaped battery-well and fastened galvanised, sheet-steel battery-retainers to the plywood, using stainless-steel M5 coutersunk machine screws, washers & Nyloc nuts. [/QUOTE]
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