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| Subject: | New larger battery tray: First install |
I had asked John Coze to let me see his aft-mounted battery tray in his 6 c
ylinder Cheetah/Tiger. -I pushed on the side to see how rigid the install
ation was a was surprised to see it move around a lot. -I guess cutting o
ff the end so a larger (longer) battery can be installed is not a great ide
a.=0A=0AJohn chose to have me install my new battery tray.=0A=0AWhat I foun
d was quite interesting. -Of the 4 screws/bolts holding the tray in place
, no two were alike. -Well, they each had the same lock nuts. -Two crew
s on the outboard side were next to impossible to remove. -Note to self:
install nut plates. -Each of those screws were different as were the wash
ers used. -Both screws were WAAAAY too long. -One a half inch longer th
an the other. -Makes removing a lock nut a pain-in-the-ass. -Neither of
the two bolts on the inboard side were the same. -One was just barely lo
ng enough to install a lock nut, sans washer.=0A=0AI installed the new tray
with new hardware: -2 AN3-11A bolts on top (the cross brace adds thickne
ss) and 2 AN3-7A bolts on the bottom. -All bolts got AN970-3 on the back
(against the honeycomb) and on the battery tray side. -Turns out there is
enough room to use them there also. -I used MS21042-L3 nuts on all bolts
.=0A=0AUnfortunately, the aluminum 'bobbin' spacers were never used and the
honeycomb is crushed a little. -Can't get in there to open up the honeyc
omb to install them either.
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