After
skinning my knuckles and bruising the back of my hand in a struggle to
remove the two batteries in my pre -75 MGB I needed some help! Being
reluctant to use a terminal gripping strap, as this can seriously
damage the battery, (particularly since it takes quite a force to pull
out the wedged-in battery), I thought there had to be a better way.
Indeed there is!
I took a piece of nylon strapping (about 1 inch
wide, less than 1/16 of an inch thick and 33 inches long), wrapped it
around the battery so that the ends of the strap are to the top of the
battery and the strap sits in the car parallel to the car's length, and
lowered the battery into its compartment. The ends of the strap can be
tied together with string or sewn together, and the loop slipped over
the battery. This strap, of course, stays in the car and serves as an
excellent handle to make removing the battery infinitely easier without
risk of damage.
Eugene Kotyk
Grand Portage, MN
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