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Re: batteries to fit MGB's and A's

To: obertro@macatawa.org (Robert Clark), mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: batteries to fit MGB's and A's
From: Skip Kelsey <kelsey@value.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 08:47:59 -0700
Hello Robert:
We havent talked on the phone for quite a while. I just thought that I
would take the time to aknowledge your E-Mail. Try my web sight.
http://shadetreemotors.com

Cheers:  

Skip...........At 10:14 AM 4/23/97 -0400, Robert Clark wrote:
>i have read a few postings about trouble fitting batteries to the MGB
>battery bins (see below).  (MGA owners keep reading).
>
>i am the maker of the custom plastic bins (for moss, vb, trf, etc.) and so
>am very familiar with this issue.
>
>the problem with recommending just any group 26 battery is that they do not
>all have the same exact dimensions, and some manufacturers mold extra
>little tie-down ledges at the base.  thus, some 26's won't fit while others
>will.
>
>i just bought a new and powerful Exide 650 battery at kmart.  this fit
>(very snugly!) into the bin for my '65B.  i'm very pleased with this
>battery because it has a lot of cold cranking amps (650) and it has a very
>convenient handle on the top for lifting out of or lowering into the bin.
>this battery has an odd base that comes off--and must come off to fit the
>bin.
>
>over the past 8 years i have installed several batteries into my bins.  it
>seems that the well known commercial batteries will not work, but the
>kmarts or walmarts or meijers will have one that will.  for instance,
>interstate brand and die-hard brand will not work.  i bought a battery two
>years ago for my mga (i use a B battery bin in my A; tied to the frame) at
>Meijer that clears the bin very easily, and has a convenient thin handle
>also.
>
>bottom line:  take your battery bin shopping with you, and avoid die-hard
>and interstate.
>
>for you rubber bumper guys, the battery bin is much larger:  no issue.
>just stay away from group 24.
>
>MGA owners:  i'm thinking of making somthing for mga battery compartments.
>possibly just a custom polyethylene bin (left and/or right side) to protect
>the battery from road grime and protect the car from acid.  but perhaps a
>larger unit involving storage capability (NEVER enough storage in an A).
>any feedback out there from A owners?
>
>thanks
>
>robert
>holland, michigan
>
>
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 97 20:22:55 UT
>From: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
>Subject: RE: Early B dash switch removal tool.
>
>The Group 26 Battery will fit.  K-mart (believe it or not) usually has plenty
>of them (Excide brand) and they go on sale for about $35 for the 450 CCA
model
>and $45 for the 650 CCA model (I use the 450 CCA in my B and the 650 in my
C).
> Not a bad deal.  Also Interstate batteries get high grades but you will not
>find them at K-Mart.
>
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 08:44:33 -0400
>From: william_hayes@icpphil.navy.mil
>Subject: Early B dash switch removal tool.
>
>Also, I took a battery bin to Pep Boys to try to match up a Group 26
>battery. They all had flanges on the base which wouldn't fit in the bin. I
>remember a thread on this a few months ago but that was before I bought the
>car. Any recommendations on a battery that will fit in this box?
>
>
>
>


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