Installed slightly bigger battery and removed plastic case to compensate! Dangerous?
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Installed slightly bigger battery and removed plastic case to compensate! Dangerous?
As the description says, my battery was bad and a friend at a junkyard gave me a mint used one for $20. It was slightly bigger and to fit it I had to remove the plastic insert that the battery usually sits in. It fits in the bottom pan perfect and I still have the tie-down over the top to secure it, just not the plastic shield. I'm assuming this shield was for heat protection, but the batter is pretty isolated. Btw it's a 97 3.0. Thanks guys!
P.S. This new battery fixed my locking/unlocking mechanism which would lock/unlock about 9 times everytime I locked/unlocked the car.Now my chirp is louder and it only goes once!
P.S. This new battery fixed my locking/unlocking mechanism which would lock/unlock about 9 times everytime I locked/unlocked the car.Now my chirp is louder and it only goes once!
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You'll be fine, as long as the tie down is in place and the battery doesn't move, you're set. I switched mine to a second gen battery box, but it's more for cosmetics than anything, it does help protect from water and such, but I don't think car batteries have much issue with heat, I've seen plenty of bats sitting uncovered and never seen issues with that. My 4Runner's battery isn't covered, and it's fine
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I've gone from an optima red top and now with an oversized heavy duty regular lead-cell battery made for GM vehicles. Never once used the battery tie down bars. Just put them in the trey and secured the battery posts. Never had an issue...but I can't say I would suggest it.
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