34 Battery Tray Question

Zurekbrau

Zurekbrau

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I am moving my battery back to the stock location in the floor on the drivers side. After I put in the new battery mount I think it made wrong. The bottom brace has a bead to make it more rigid. I would think it should be facing down and not up. When I put the battery in it rocks because of this bead. Is this made correctly or do I need to get it replaced by my supplier.

Thanks

Rich
 
Sounds like it is incorrect. The "Floor" of the battery tray should be flat on top. Any "Beads" for stiffening should be facing down so the battery will set flat in the tray.

Chris
 
I stand corrected!!!!!!

This evening, I looked at an original 34 Battery Box I had up in the loft.

There are two main straps, one at each end of the box. These straps are formed to hang down and are attached to the outside frame rail at the outboard end and to the center "X" member on the inboard end. There is a third strap that is spot welded to the underside of the main straps. This third strap is bent up 90 deg to form the ends of the battery box. Attached to the vertical part of this third strap is a sheet metal piece to protect the ends of the battery from "Road Debres". A "Battery Hold Down Stud" is also affixed to the top of each end of this third strap.

This third strap does have a ridge formed in it in the portion that is between the two main straps. This Ridge is UP and not down as I had previously posted, but the height of the ridge is no more then the thickness of the main straps. Therefore, when the battery is installed, the battery will rest on the main straps and not on the ridge.

This is sort of long winded and if I had my camera here at home, I would have just taken a picture and posted it.

I hope this helps,

Chris
 
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Chris

Thank you for taking the time to dig out the battery box and check this. The part I got is correct then.

Rich
 
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