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This is something I posted on the hamb a couple of days ago. I got to thinking (ouch!) and realized that this is valid for many lawn tractors and other electric start equipment so I'm posting the same thing here. Mentally replace "hot rod or custom" with "tractor" or whatever. I know that the next time I have to replace my JD lawn tractor battery I'll be doing this same thing.
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Here's a little tidbit I came up with today. I needed to replace the battery. This happens to be a H-D Ultra Classic motorcycle, but the idea works for any vehicle, including hot rods and customs. If you look closely you'll see that the battery "compartment" is only marginally larger than the actual battery. I had a devil of a time getting that thing up an inch or so to remove the cables. I could only grasp it by my fingertips to lift. So when I put it back in I cut a portion of some strap (similar to ratchet strap but wider) as can be seen in the 1st photo. I then laid it down into the cavity as shown in the 2nd and 3rd photos and put the battery back in. I left enough extra to be able to get ahold of when I next need to remove the battery. The 3rd photo shows how I just laid the extra over the battery before reinstalling the seat. Next time won't be nearly so hard to remove the battery. So if you've got a custom or hot rod with a battery cavity just barely larger than the battery here's a way to make the next removal much easier. And the cost is free if you have an old ratchet strap laying around. Sorry about the blurry 2nd pic.
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Here's a little tidbit I came up with today. I needed to replace the battery. This happens to be a H-D Ultra Classic motorcycle, but the idea works for any vehicle, including hot rods and customs. If you look closely you'll see that the battery "compartment" is only marginally larger than the actual battery. I had a devil of a time getting that thing up an inch or so to remove the cables. I could only grasp it by my fingertips to lift. So when I put it back in I cut a portion of some strap (similar to ratchet strap but wider) as can be seen in the 1st photo. I then laid it down into the cavity as shown in the 2nd and 3rd photos and put the battery back in. I left enough extra to be able to get ahold of when I next need to remove the battery. The 3rd photo shows how I just laid the extra over the battery before reinstalling the seat. Next time won't be nearly so hard to remove the battery. So if you've got a custom or hot rod with a battery cavity just barely larger than the battery here's a way to make the next removal much easier. And the cost is free if you have an old ratchet strap laying around. Sorry about the blurry 2nd pic.
