Cover Battery Assembly F15A

[Lynn Eades]

Hanno, you can tell it's a Chev one by the really rough workmanship

I see that Hanno's has a two rivet hold down bolt, and Keith's has a shorter, fatter three rivet hold down bolt.

[Jordan Baker]

Hanno, any chance you can post up some detail shots of the knobs on the cover? Maybe some measurements.

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Bill Alexander

Thanks Jacques, that will be useful for anyone restoring a truck.
I appreciate the assistance all members have given with my requests. Dad is moving along on the project, doing up "inside" projects right now. (Work on steering box, dash instruments, etc.) Some more questions are in the offing, and I will post them when we get to those parts of the restoration.

Hi Bill,

I have contacted the owner of the Ford battery cover that Keith had posted photos of earlier in this thread. He's happy to give me the dimensions so I can draw up some plans and I should have them soon and then be able to post them here.

Construction is pretty basic, front and sides are just a single folded piece of sheet-metal and open at the back. The lid is just sheet-metal with a small lip folded over on three sides and spot welded randomly to the front and side piece. The top holes are slightly elongated he thinks. It's real sheet-metal 101 once one has the correct dimensions and metal thickness.

Stay tuned!

Cheers,

Jacques

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Jordan

Take a look at the details on the battery box on my web page, http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/PostingPage3.html there are dimensions for the ones I have.



Cheers Phil

PS yes I will make a reduced size version of this and post save it on MLU.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ryan

2 running fords on ebay offered as one lot. Look good. An F15 and a tipper.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121288687...84.m1423.l2649

Here's another one on a Ford tipper in Australia:

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Hanno, you can tell it's a Chev one by the really rough workmanship

I see that Hanno's has a two rivet hold down bolt, and Keith's has a shorter, fatter three rivet hold down bolt.

Of course, Lynn!

Seriously, other than fabrication details which could be due to different contractors making battery boxes to the same design, no-one has been able to pouint out any real differences between Ford & Chevrolet battery boxes.

Anyone?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Two close ups taken from pics out of the Dutch Defense archives. Both Ford....but no idea if these boxes were replaced at some stage
Covers removed....first one is F15A with generator, second is F60L GS.

Source: http://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/

Alex

[Jordan Baker]

Anyone able to post up some pictures of the battery tray posts?

Just looking for details on the flattened end and the overall dimensions.

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Jordan,

Attached is a photo of a post attached to an original Ford CMP battery holder- the middle photo.

I published on MLU the plans for the battery holder which included the studs back on 10-Aug-12 and have also reproduced the studs drawing here.

Of interest is the photo of two NOS 1938 Ford passenger car battery holder studs. Other than being longer, they are the same design. Note that the flattened forged end is slightly different shape in each case. Different component suppliers designs maybe? So on that basis the shape may not be too critical to look correct.

My drawing of the one taken from a CMP battery holder is more like the stud on the right side.

Hope this is of some help to you.

Cheers,

Jacques

[Jordan Baker]

Thanks very much for reposting the info.

I'm guessing the Chevy ones are the same except for the forged end?

[Jordan Baker]

Thanks to everyone and the info posted here I have been able to make up the battery compartment parts. I just have a few small things to finish and then they are done.

Pic 1 L-R
Battery tray, mounting plate, battery cover (NOS, sandblasted, primed)

Pic 2
Close up of the battery tray

Pic 3
Can someone please give me the location measurements of the holes for the battery tray?

[m606paz]

Factory pics

[David Herbert]

I see that the first photo in Mariano's post shows a different vehicle. The earth lead is bolted to the chassis with one of the front outrigger bolts and there is only one hole in the chassis rail for the other lead. In the other photos the earth lead is at the rear of the battery box and there are two holes with the other lead through the front hole.
Great photos though !

David