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1. Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: "Feldman, Jack (Jack)" <jack@lucent.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 05:23:26 -0600; The second place was Pep Boys. Their group 26 battery would fit in the opening as far as the place where the walls make the opening narrower. I measured the floor of the box, and it came out to 1/4 i; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00182.html (8,488 bytes)
2. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: "David Deutsch" <drded@ix.netcom.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 08:16:49 -0500; There are two size boxes. One for the chrome bumpered cars that have the two battery boxes and the other for rubber bumpered cars with a single battery compartment. I have a group 26 Interstate batte; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00183.html (9,631 bytes)
3. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: REasterby@aol.com; Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 09:44:12 EST; I picked mine up a K Mart. It fit with out a problem, tight but it makes it. Good Luck. Ray Easterby 72 BGT orig owner 88 Xj 40; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00185.html (7,984 bytes)
4. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 11:25:38 -0400; We know these group 26 batteries fit the original 6-volt MGB battery boxes. I once had to file down those hold down extrusions David Deutsch refers to in order to make one fit. ' Hated to do that - i; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00189.html (9,431 bytes)
5. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Phil Bates <jello@ida.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 09:45:31 -0700; A groupe 26 should fit. It is hard to get in there though. Miata batteries ar very hard to find, and expensive, but any Mazda dealer will have them. I can't remember, but I heard list was either $120; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00194.html (10,056 bytes)
6. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Dave Houser <mgs4dave@warwick.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 11:53:22 +0000; With all this talk about batteries and box sizes, I hope everyone replacing their batteries also installs a battery cut-off switch there too! For safety's sake, it's a lot easier to throw a switch th; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00195.html (8,073 bytes)
7. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: David Ambrose <stargazer1@home.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 09:18:29 -0800; We used an Interstate Batteries group 26. It barely fit. But yes, any group 26 with a retaining ring will be too large. Cheers, Dave Ambrose; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00196.html (10,638 bytes)
8. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 13:52:41 -0400; Good idea - I have a cut-off switch but it is the type that clamps to the post so I still have to remove the cover to get at it! 8^( Allen B... ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Way; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00198.html (9,391 bytes)
9. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 16:02:54 -0800; I have a Delco group 26 battery that fits nice and snug without the plastic box, so who knows if it would fit with the box. But Delco should be commonly available, and it has a handy handle, without; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00204.html (11,549 bytes)
10. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 16:02:56 -0800; Yeah, if you think about removing all the blankets, maps etc. that live on that shelf, then unsnapping half-a-dozen carpet snaps, then getting a screwdriver out of the glove box (or worse, the boot); /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00205.html (10,509 bytes)
11. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 19:35:50 EST; << With all this talk about batteries and box sizes, I hope everyone replacing their batteries also installs a battery cut-off switch there too! For safety's sake, it's a lot easier to throw a switch; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00206.html (9,596 bytes)
12. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com; Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 21:10:32 EST; << OK, who has batteries that fit? I can't be the only one who has bought one of these boxes. >> I bought one of those boxes for my 72 B and a group 26 from Trak Auto--store brand, I think, $50--slip; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00207.html (9,268 bytes)
13. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 18:40:44 -0800; I didn't suppose he was referring to battery post contact to body (although that is a possibility), but to an electrical short elsewhere in the system which could cause a conflagration, in response t; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00209.html (10,511 bytes)
14. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: REwald9535@aol.com; Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 01:27:37 EST; If you do not have a battery hold down that secures the battery in a fixed position you run a great risk. Hit a bump and the battery can be thrown upward. If the non-grounded terminal contacts the bo; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00212.html (9,676 bytes)
15. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 07:40:42 -0500; Ed's reference was to the possibility that the steel tie-down bar could contact a terminal and the chassis. This could happen if the nuts were to work loose, the clamp bars enlarge the hole in the b; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00215.html (10,889 bytes)
16. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: ehubbard@digitalexp.com (Elaine Hubbard); Date: Sun, 6 Feb 100 11:08:21 CST; On the subject of battery hold downs and conversion from two 6v batteries to one 12v...I converted to a single 12v in my 68BGT and used the standard hold down parts. I did have to get new ones from M; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00226.html (8,434 bytes)
17. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 12:07:57 EST; << I didn't suppose he was referring to battery post contact to body >> That was EXACTLY what I meant, Max!! <snip> << But on that subject, what "battery hold down" options are available for retrofit; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00227.html (9,285 bytes)
18. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 14:40:45 -0800; Sorry, Ed, but the "he" in my statement referred to the original poster, not to you. Obviously, "you" were referring to just that. But the logical sequence of this thread seems to be thoroughly mixed; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00234.html (10,101 bytes)
19. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 18:54:25 -0600; Yo Ed, I was wondering how all these fires were getting started. I have a generic battery hold-down holding the group 26 battery in my B. Cost around 2 bucks and took a bit of hack sawing to get the; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00237.html (8,954 bytes)
20. Re: Battery Size information needed. HELP! (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 21:13:08 EST; << Anyway, are you saying these j-hooks fit the MGB battery box with a group 26 battery? >> Yep, Max. As some of the manuals say, "...trim to fit..." !! Ed; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00243.html (8,756 bytes)

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