Got my red-top Optima. How'd you mount yours?
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Racer
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Got my red-top Optima. How'd you mount yours?
And it came with a new hold-down. This piece of plastic is shaped to go around the big round, middle cell. Problem is that the battery isn't a perfect fit for this setup in the C3.
The boss where the hold down bolt is, is raised up off the floor of the battery box a half inch or so. Even though the new hold down does wrap around the middle cell nicely, it cannot be tightened down all the way - the thing bottoms out before hitting the battery.
I'm thinking of filing the original hold down with a radius to go around that round part of the battery. How did you mount your Optima battery?
The boss where the hold down bolt is, is raised up off the floor of the battery box a half inch or so. Even though the new hold down does wrap around the middle cell nicely, it cannot be tightened down all the way - the thing bottoms out before hitting the battery.
I'm thinking of filing the original hold down with a radius to go around that round part of the battery. How did you mount your Optima battery?
