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Originally Posted by ReMorton
After all these years, the plastic battery case might be stuck to the fiberglas. I want to verify that there is nothing else holding the battery, before I start yanking on it.
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When I went to remove the battery from my car for the first time, it was very difficult to remove. I discovered that the previous owner had basically forced the battery down into the battery box and actually cracked the bottom of the box. What I found after I got the battery out, was that the molded-in rails at the lower edge of the battery (these rails are used in some OEM applications for clamps that hold the battery down) made the battery case too wide for the box. I cut the rails off of the battery case and did a fiberglass repair of the box and all is well now. Just telling you this in case you have a similar situation. I also had to fabricate a strap to pull the battery by clamping to the battery posts. I don't remember why now, but the commercially available straps that I could find wouldn't work in this situation.
Ted