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Battery Tip / short bolts (66six)
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:28 pm
by 66SIX
Batteries are always a problem .
Here is a dumb tip .
On some batteries the screw will not reach the battery bolt terminal once the connector is on .
Here is what I do too solve the problem .
Take a small piece of foam cut it a little larger than the terminal hole .
stick it and the nut / lug into the terminal hole / The foam will hold the nut in place .
No more messing around trying to catch the threads in the nut or having them fall out if you tilt the battery .
What could be simpler than this ?
Re: Battery Tip / short bolts (66six)
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:58 pm
by shadow622
Nifty idea.
Re: Battery Tip / short bolts (66six)
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:55 am
by patthesoundguy
Brilliant completely brilliant thanks for sharing
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Re: Battery Tip / short bolts (66six)
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:38 pm
by motormike
66SIX wrote:What could be simpler than this ?
My idea of using shrink tube or a drinking straw may not be simpler, but less likely to attract and hold moisture....besides, I use all my foam rubber to stuff sock-monkeys.... 
Re: Battery Tip / short bolts (66six)
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:53 pm
by 66SIX
motormike wrote:66SIX wrote:What could be simpler than this ?
My idea of using shrink tube or a drinking straw may not be simpler, but less likely to attract and hold moisture....besides, I use all my foam rubber to stuff sock-monkeys....
Drinking straws do hold moisture thats what they are made to do ...
The shrink tube would shrink in Vegas summers 125 degrees.
Straws should be used to consume Myers & coke or foo foo drinks in Mexico .
You say you can't find foam it's everywhere you just need to look ...
Re: Battery Tip / short bolts (66six)
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:54 pm
by Johnniespeed
I'm going on a foam source finding mission.
Re: Battery Tip / short bolts (66six)
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:51 pm
by patthesoundguy
Your local dollar store will probably have foam. Sometimes they have foam floor tiles on the kids toy section, or in the craft section
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