The purpose of the hold-down is not to keep the battery from falling out (no
danger of that), it's to keep the battery from bouncing up and shorting out
the terminals on the underside of the metal cover (plenty of danger of that,
given buggy springs, dubious shocks, and the state of roads in most
jurisdictions these days).
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 3/21/06 6:12 PM, Ed Woods at fogbro1@comcast.net wrote:
> Buy a plastic battery box liner and a hold down won't be required. Fits like
> a glove without one.
>
> Ed Woods
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