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YOUR RESEARCHHome Depot solution for a 49 sized battery
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Tighten wingnut without having the bolt spinning through
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If you want you can put a 13mm wrench on the bolt, I just hand tightened the wingnut without having the bolt spinning through.
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Suggestion · Original poster
Unbolt the tray, put the stock bolt from the bottom, bolt the tray back up and use the wing nut to tie the battery down using the factory tie die plate.
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Alternatively, you could buy the nut and then epoxy that to the underside of the tray and you now have a threaded hole for the group 49 (or H8) and you can always use a smaller battery in the future.
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Unbolt the tray, put the stock bolt from the bottom, bolt the tray back up and use the wing nut to tie the battery down using the factory tie die plate.
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Suggestion · Original poster
Unbolt the tray, put the stock bolt from the bottom, bolt the tray back up and use the wing nut to tie the battery down using the factory tie die plate.
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Alternatively, you could buy the nut and then epoxy that to the underside of the tray and you now have a threaded hole for the group 49 (or H8) and you can always use a smaller battery in the future.
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Unbolt the tray, put the stock bolt from the bottom, bolt the tray back up and use the wing nut to tie the battery down using the factory tie die plate.
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I thought I may as well post this up for future reference, my 48 sized battery crapped out after ~2.5 years (
deja vu
), I'm assuming that 48 is just simply undersized for our cars, given that the car comes with 94R from factory.
Well cue in 49 sized battery - it costs about half of the 94R and has more cranking power. The only little issue is that the outermost hole for the 49 sized battery on the tray is not threaded. We'll here's the 50 cent solution - run to home depot and and get a metric 8mm 1.25 wing nut. Unbolt the tray, put the stock bolt from the bottom, bolt the tray back up and use the wing nut to tie the battery down using the factory tie die plate. If you want you can put a 13mm wrench on the bolt, I just hand tightened the wingnut without having the bolt spinning through.
That's what I did, except I put the bolt from the bottom to use the wing nut for easy access. I assume you've got a 8mm nut under the tray? The last hole isn't threaded.
Oh looked like a battery box for some reason on my phone. I'll have to check again but I'm not sure if my car came with vent tube hooked up, as mine had aftermarket battery. I also assumed since the battery was by the opening of the hood that a vent wasn't needed. I'll have to check mine when I get home.
Got home and looked. At first I didn't see anything but then upon closer inspection, the PO must have rerouted the vent tube under the tray towards the rear. And since mine came with an Interstate battery, the vent is located in the middle at the back of the battery which also had a rubber elbow that blended in with the heater hoses back there. The only thing you can see is a little nub for the elbow and that's it. Everything else is hidden.
Halik, would this work? Take the factory bolt to the hardware store and buy a stainless steel nut that fits, plus a flat washer. Epoxy the bolt to the bottom of the tray and wait for it to set. Then thread the nut to the bolt without worrying about it spinning. Alternatively, you could buy the nut and then epoxy that to the underside of the tray and you now have a threaded hole for the group 49 (or H8) and you can always use a smaller battery in the future.
