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Don Meyer · 01-06-2005, 07:16 AM

I have a 2 post lift & the battery holder att to the frame prevents me from using the lift.
Should I put the battery on the firewall or behind the seat? Will there be a problem w/fumes with it in the cab? .......Don

Don Meyer · 01-06-2005, 09:51 PM

knock,knock - can anyone give me their thoughts.
Dr Don

Apache · 01-06-2005, 11:43 PM

If you are moving the battery id go with putting it on the firewall. Be much safer IMO. Fumes would be in the cab...im sure not that bad but still could be a safety hazzard. Very interesting truck btw.

TooMany2count · 01-07-2005, 09:13 PM

put it up inside the frame & run 00 wire for cables. cleans up the firewall & put the weight farther back.. &&&&&&&& damn Don that baby come'n along. is that a late model bed w/what early 60's caddy fins????..joe

Don Meyer · 01-08-2005, 08:27 AM

Yes Joe. It has a late bed narrowed 13". The fenders have been narrowed 5"(not installed yet) w/Caddy fins.
Top chopped 3 1/2",doors,cab & frame lencthened 3". 350 engine/700r4/9" rear.
Thanks for your comment.....Don

3100 special · 01-09-2005, 11:43 AM

I'm with TooMany2count. I definitely would not put it in the cab.

Don Meyer · 01-09-2005, 10:09 PM

What about a Optima battery in the cab?

TooMany2count · 01-10-2005, 12:25 AM

well IF ya can find a place it will work. but WHY??? unless ya just got to have it in there. you could also make a box & put it inside the rear/bottom part of the front fender hanging off the frame. Personally i dont like them inside, even if it is a sealed battery, IT just takes up space.

BUT hey don if ya can find a place & ur happy w/it go 4 it....joe

3100 special · 01-10-2005, 12:37 AM

Even sealed batteries have vents. The vents will emit fumes.
Fumes are bad for ya.

Brainchild · 01-10-2005, 08:02 PM

Truck looks cool.What kind of suspension is under the front?I would prolly go with the firewall only because I woldn't want it in the cab either.

horvath · 01-11-2005, 08:52 PM

OPTIMA batteries don't emit fumes.

3100 special · 01-11-2005, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horvath

OPTIMA batteries don't emit fumes.

How can that be? Anything that gets hot expands. If it didn't have a method to vent the pressure resulting from heat then it would conceivably blow. Wouldn't it, at a minimum, have some type of safety gasket that would "let go" when a specific pressure was built?
I haven't read up on the Optima batteries yet but, I know they are supposed to be really good.

TooMany2count · 01-12-2005, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horvath

OPTIMA batteries don't emit fumes.

well you are correct YET you are also wrong. from the Optima Battery site

http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/battery_specs_1.asp

The D31A Yellow Top will not off-gas in normal operation, but for complete safety in enclosed spaces its overpressure vent will accept a remote venting tube.

SOOOOO it could possible happen, but the likely hood is slim. my own advice is IF you install it inside VENT it, better safe then sorry....joe

3100 special · 01-12-2005, 01:02 AM

I can live with being half-a$$ right!

TooMany2count · 01-12-2005, 01:55 AM

hell i wasnt paying attenion that horvath bought a RED top battery. so once againg from the site & ain't it amazing what a person can find on the internet.

http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/...tery.aspOptima batteries will operate without leakage when mounted in any position, and they do not off-gas in normal (<~~read this) operation. That means that corrosion at the battery cable connections and elsewhere under the hood (<~~once again read) which is normally caused by drifting acid fumes, is eliminated.

what concerns me is WHAT determines NORMAL once again if it was ME & the battery was INSIDE the truck, i would at least make sure the battery box is completely sealed & is vented to the outside................ it's call Cheap Insurance ....joe

Don Meyer · 01-11-2005, 08:57 PM

Horvath, Thats the info I was looking for......thak-you.
Don

horvath · 01-11-2005, 09:00 PM

Cool.

You can install 'em sideways if you want, too! I had to enlarge my battery holder (on the frame) to put one in, but I'm glad to have one. I bought the Red Top Optima.

Brainchild · 01-11-2005, 09:30 PM

I had a dickens of a time finding one that would fit in the floorboard.90 Caravan was the answer.

Don Meyer · 01-14-2005, 10:55 PM

Thanksfor all the suggestions. I have decided to place the battery in the bed.I'll made a ss box & cut a opening in the floor of the bed & lower the battery as low as I can....just below the floor if possigle.

For the gentleman who asked what front end I'm using.....it's a 1986 buick regal(same as a malibu.
Don

horvath · 01-14-2005, 11:05 PM

That sounds like a GREAT solution, man!

01-06-2005, 07:16 AM	#1
Don Meyer Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: St cloud, Florida Posts: 61	where to put battery I have a 2 post lift & the battery holder att to the frame prevents me from using the lift. Should I put the battery on the firewall or behind the seat? Will there be a problem w/fumes with it in the cab? .......Don Attached Images Last edited by Don Meyer; 01-06-2005 at 07:18 AM. Reason: add picture

01-06-2005, 11:43 PM	#3
Apache Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 419	If you are moving the battery id go with putting it on the firewall. Be much safer IMO. Fumes would be in the cab...im sure not that bad but still could be a safety hazzard. Very interesting truck btw. __________________ 54 Chevy Bel Air 4dr powerglide 54 Chevy SWB 58 Chevy Big Window SWB Fleetside project 58 Chevy LWB 235/4spd 76 Chevy Nova 350/TH350 4.88's *10kmiles on "new" engine 79 Chevy 4x4 SWB 350/4spd 3/4 ton 81 Mazda RX7 84 F@!d Mustang 96 F@!d Ranger 2.3L/5spd

01-07-2005, 09:13 PM	#4
TooMany2count Who's in CHARGE?????????? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cahokia, IL Posts: 454	put it up inside the frame & run 00 wire for cables. cleans up the firewall & put the weight farther back.. &&&&&&&& damn Don that baby come'n along. is that a late model bed w/what early 60's caddy fins????..joe __________________ Send a card to a soldier in Iraq My Music PlayList Large Marge Donate Blood,Plasma,Platelets & sign your DONORS CARD & SAVE a LIFE

01-09-2005, 11:43 AM	#6
3100 special Street Rod Dreamin' Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Work:Batam, Indonesia/ Home:League City, Texas Posts: 1,241	I'm with TooMany2count. I definitely would not put it in the cab. __________________ 1954 Chevy 3100 Panel Truck 2004 GMC Yukon 2007 GMC Sierra 4X4 "I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." Benjamin Franklin, On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor, November 1776

01-10-2005, 12:25 AM	#8
TooMany2count Who's in CHARGE?????????? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cahokia, IL Posts: 454	well IF ya can find a place it will work. but WHY??? unless ya just got to have it in there. you could also make a box & put it inside the rear/bottom part of the front fender hanging off the frame. Personally i dont like them inside, even if it is a sealed battery, IT just takes up space. BUT hey don if ya can find a place & ur happy w/it go 4 it....joe __________________ Send a card to a soldier in Iraq My Music PlayList Large Marge Donate Blood,Plasma,Platelets & sign your DONORS CARD & SAVE a LIFE

01-06-2005, 09:51 PM	#2
Don Meyer Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: St cloud, Florida Posts: 61	knock,knock - can anyone give me their thoughts. Dr Don

01-08-2005, 08:27 AM	#5
Don Meyer Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: St cloud, Florida Posts: 61	Yes Joe. It has a late bed narrowed 13". The fenders have been narrowed 5"(not installed yet) w/Caddy fins. Top chopped 3 1/2",doors,cab & frame lencthened 3". 350 engine/700r4/9" rear. Thanks for your comment.....Don

01-09-2005, 10:09 PM	#7
Don Meyer Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: St cloud, Florida Posts: 61	What about a Optima battery in the cab?

01-10-2005, 12:37 AM	#9
3100 special Street Rod Dreamin' Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Work:Batam, Indonesia/ Home:League City, Texas Posts: 1,241	Even sealed batteries have vents. The vents will emit fumes. Fumes are bad for ya. __________________ 1954 Chevy 3100 Panel Truck 2004 GMC Yukon 2007 GMC Sierra 4X4 "I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." Benjamin Franklin, On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor, November 1776

01-10-2005, 08:02 PM	#10
Brainchild Still drivin' a Rat Rod Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monett Missouri Posts: 4,925	Truck looks cool.What kind of suspension is under the front?I would prolly go with the firewall only because I woldn't want it in the cab either. __________________ Rusty Member #13872 Instead of saying.....you are a discomfort in the back of my front.....one should be able to say...... you are a pain in the a$# 71 GMC LWB 49 Chevy 85 Chevy G20 Check out my website

01-11-2005, 08:52 PM	#11
horvath Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey Posts: 128	OPTIMA batteries don't emit fumes. __________________ Alan Horvath 54 Chevy Pickup

01-12-2005, 01:02 AM	#14
3100 special Street Rod Dreamin' Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Work:Batam, Indonesia/ Home:League City, Texas Posts: 1,241	I can live with being half-a$$ right! __________________ 1954 Chevy 3100 Panel Truck 2004 GMC Yukon 2007 GMC Sierra 4X4 "I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." Benjamin Franklin, On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor, November 1776

01-12-2005, 01:55 AM	#15
TooMany2count Who's in CHARGE?????????? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cahokia, IL Posts: 454	hell i wasnt paying attenion that horvath bought a RED top battery. so once againg from the site & ain't it amazing what a person can find on the internet. http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/...tery.aspOptima batteries will operate without leakage when mounted in any position, and they do not off-gas in normal (<~~read this) operation. That means that corrosion at the battery cable connections and elsewhere under the hood (<~~once again read) which is normally caused by drifting acid fumes, is eliminated. what concerns me is WHAT determines NORMAL once again if it was ME & the battery was INSIDE the truck, i would at least make sure the battery box is completely sealed & is vented to the outside................ it's call Cheap Insurance ....joe __________________ Send a card to a soldier in Iraq My Music PlayList Large Marge Donate Blood,Plasma,Platelets & sign your DONORS CARD & SAVE a LIFE

01-11-2005, 08:57 PM	#16
Don Meyer Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: St cloud, Florida Posts: 61	Horvath, Thats the info I was looking for......thak-you. Don

01-11-2005, 09:00 PM	#17
horvath Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey Posts: 128	Cool. You can install 'em sideways if you want, too! I had to enlarge my battery holder (on the frame) to put one in, but I'm glad to have one. I bought the Red Top Optima. __________________ Alan Horvath 54 Chevy Pickup



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01-11-2005, 09:30 PM	#18
Brainchild Still drivin' a Rat Rod Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monett Missouri Posts: 4,925	I had a dickens of a time finding one that would fit in the floorboard.90 Caravan was the answer. __________________ Rusty Member #13872 Instead of saying.....you are a discomfort in the back of my front.....one should be able to say...... you are a pain in the a$# 71 GMC LWB 49 Chevy 85 Chevy G20 Check out my website

01-14-2005, 10:55 PM	#19
Don Meyer Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: St cloud, Florida Posts: 61	Thanksfor all the suggestions. I have decided to place the battery in the bed.I'll made a ss box & cut a opening in the floor of the bed & lower the battery as low as I can....just below the floor if possigle. For the gentleman who asked what front end I'm using.....it's a 1986 buick regal(same as a malibu. Don

01-14-2005, 11:05 PM	#20
horvath Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey Posts: 128	That sounds like a GREAT solution, man! __________________ Alan Horvath 54 Chevy Pickup

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