Question about batteries and spiders

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

       I like to see the positive battery cable covered on all cars no matter 
the proximity to sheet metal.  A dropped wrench or laying the dip stick in 
the wrong place could cause problems otherwise.
       I run group 24 Die Hard batteries in all my Alfas.  For the 84 spider 
race car, I bought a shorter battery, a group 34, I think.  My thinking was 
two fold - get the battery away from the sheet metal and save a pound or two 
of weight.
       Of course, the 84 battery is trunk mounted, but the terminals are very 
close to the bottom of the fender, so the principal is the same.  The stock 
Alfa has covers for both battery terminals from the factory.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City


In a message dated 04/02/2002 7:08:40 PM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:



> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:55:50 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@domain.elided>
> Subject: Question about batteries and spiders
> 
> I just replaced the battery on my 74 spider. The battery that I removed,
> along with the battery that I put into the car, were the same height and
> both had top posts.
> 
> It appears there is very little clearance between the top post and the
> hood when the hood is closed. Since the auto parts store was out of the
> rubber battery terminal covers I fabricated a cover for my own piece of
> mind.
> 
> Am I being overly paranoid and this is not normally a problem? Or should I
> find a side post battery? Or is there a specific battery that is low
> enough it should not be a problem? The battery doesn't touch the hood and
> is secured in place.
> 
> Thanks
> Greg

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