Battery box repair
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Racer
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From: Merrick NY
Battery box repair
Now that I have a lift available to use, I found my battery box bottom is almost completely gone. Is there a repair kit or do I just need to get a hold of some fiberglass materials?
Last edited by Stumpdeisel; Apr 15, 2006 at 08:32 PM.
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From: The only Corvettes in Highett Victoria
battery box repair
Stumpdiesel,
There was a thread on this a few months ago, but here's what I did to mine when I found the bottom just about gone.
I taped a piece of plastic across the bottom from underneath then "reinforced" it with a stiff piece of cardbaord underneath the taped plastic. Then I laid wet (resin impregnated) fibreglass mat onto the plastic and as far up the sides as needed. I built up a thickness of just under a quarter inch and when it had hardened, I just pulled the tape and plastic away from underneath.
While you're at it, you might care to insert into the glass on one side of the box a metal bracket that grabs the rails at the bottom of most new batteries. Opposite you could insert a metal plate with a nut welded to it so that you can securely clamp the battery once installed. I did this and I made a plate that clamps the battery and I screw it down with a very long bolt that comes to the top of the battery compartment so that I could unscrew it even with my eyes shut.
Good luck!
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
There was a thread on this a few months ago, but here's what I did to mine when I found the bottom just about gone.
I taped a piece of plastic across the bottom from underneath then "reinforced" it with a stiff piece of cardbaord underneath the taped plastic. Then I laid wet (resin impregnated) fibreglass mat onto the plastic and as far up the sides as needed. I built up a thickness of just under a quarter inch and when it had hardened, I just pulled the tape and plastic away from underneath.
While you're at it, you might care to insert into the glass on one side of the box a metal bracket that grabs the rails at the bottom of most new batteries. Opposite you could insert a metal plate with a nut welded to it so that you can securely clamp the battery once installed. I did this and I made a plate that clamps the battery and I screw it down with a very long bolt that comes to the top of the battery compartment so that I could unscrew it even with my eyes shut.
Good luck!
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
