Andrew,
What has sense got to do with it? When I get back to the C next spring I'll
do some measuring. It almost fit the B. Some judicious filing would make it
fit. Meanwhile the battery is on charge in my basement as a backup to the
sump pump battery back up.
Jack
> ----------
> From: Andrew Lundgren[SMTP:lundgren@iname.com]
> Reply To: Andrew Lundgren
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 1998 9:50 AM
> To: Feldman, Jack (Jack); mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Battery Size, Hmm, very interesting.
>
> On Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:44:48 -0500, Feldman, Jack (Jack) wrote:
>
> >This spring, with two cars in storage, I had to chose which battery I
> would
> >use to wake up the C. I chose the one from the BGT because it had a
> handle
> >on it, and someone had removed the handle from the battery that came with
> >the C. Yesterday, in getting the BGT started I thought I would use the
> >stored battery that originally came with the C, and give the battery I
> had
> >been using a rest.
> >
> >Now we all know that the sheet metal of the B and the C is the same from
> >the windscreen back. Indeed the replacement windscreen that was just
> >installed had been stocked as a B replacement.
> >
> >The opening to the battery compartment on the BGT was too small to take
> be
> >battery that fit into the C! I know it came out of the C as easily as the
> B
> >batteries do, but why couldn't I fit it into the BGT? The C battery was
> >about an inch wider, but again, it did fit in the C.
> >
> >Comments?
>
> Since the C has a larger engine, it would make since to have a larger
> battery.
>
>
> --
> Andrew Lundgren
> lundgren@iname.com
>
>
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