Battery hold down - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

tab a · 03-30-2005, 12:58 PM

OK, I paid the big bucks for a 'real' one, but don't quite see how it should work.

Is my battery supposed to have a lip near the bottom,sticking out, for the clamp to ride on top of, or is the clamp just mashed into the side of the battery??
TIA

**CPNE** · 03-30-2005, 01:01 PM

Lip

FRENCHBLUE72 · 03-30-2005, 01:08 PM

Should be a lip all round the bottom of the battery for the clamp tp clamp to...Also make sure you don't have the clamp on upsidedown..

purple gas · 03-30-2005, 10:12 PM

putting the clamp on upside down is a common mistake. So other people have told me, I'd never do anything so foolish. Not more than once, anyways.

68w/sbc406 · 03-30-2005, 11:29 PM

i thought i was going to be cool so i bought a 73-78 one, but it didnt work as palnned. but i found a heavy walled piece of tube that fits fine and holds that bad boy down

03-30-2005, 12:58 PM	#1
tab a Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: central KS Posts: 18	Battery hold down OK, I paid the big bucks for a 'real' one, but don't quite see how it should work. Is my battery supposed to have a lip near the bottom,sticking out, for the clamp to ride on top of, or is the clamp just mashed into the side of the battery?? TIA

03-30-2005, 01:01 PM	#2
CPNE Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NH Posts: 6,664	Lip __________________ Currently on or near the homestead: 67 Chevy SWB 2WD stepside 350/3 on tree (Pat's) 67 GMC SWB 2WD Fleet 402/auto (Brian's under construction) 67 Chevy 3/4 ton 2WD 402/auto (Business Hauler) 67 Chevy 1 ton dually 2WD 396/4 speed (Former business hauler, Needs TLC) 68 Chevy 1/2 ton Suburban 2WD 250 six/3 on tree (Brian's Needs TLC) 70 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD 350/4 speed (Pat's - Disguised as a 68 GMC) 71 Chevy SWB stepside (Crushed by tree - parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD (Parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD Suburban (Parts Donor) 72 GMC 3/4 ton 4WD 292 six/4 speed (Mine - Disguised as a 67 GMC) 81 GMC 4WD Dually Dump Body 350/4 speed (Business Hauler) 82 Camaro Z/28 355/Super T-10 (Pat's toy) 93 Caprice 9C1 (Brian's Cop Car) 02 Toyota Camry (Reliable but a souless steel and plastic hulk) 2011 2SS RS Camaro M6 Factory Hurst Shifter Maybe I need to sell some of this crap Yet another Bozo with a sawz-all

03-30-2005, 01:08 PM	#3
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,608	Should be a lip all round the bottom of the battery for the clamp tp clamp to...Also make sure you don't have the clamp on upsidedown.. __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

03-30-2005, 10:12 PM	#4
purple gas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: saskatoon, planet earth Posts: 694	putting the clamp on upside down is a common mistake. So other people have told me, I'd never do anything so foolish. Not more than once, anyways. __________________ I got a bench seat baby, you don't have to sit over there.

03-30-2005, 11:29 PM	#5
68w/sbc406 Got Light Emitting Diode? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Newberg, OR Posts: 2,485	i thought i was going to be cool so i bought a 73-78 one, but it didnt work as palnned. but i found a heavy walled piece of tube that fits fine and holds that bad boy down __________________ 1968 1/2 ton 2wd lwb 6 lug disc and bags up front. Next c notch and rear bags '02 Chevy Silverado LT ext cab short bed 2WD 5/7 drop on 22's(the family car) 1993 Cherokee work ride/weekend wheeler



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