Mystery battery cover 5803858

[BCA]

Bob, Dave and Hanno,
Thanks for the leads on this battery cover. Perhaps the Wireless Body necessitates the forward positioning of the gas tank and then the battery has to be squeezed in sideways. I have one of these covers available.
......Brian

[Bob Carriere]

...that the wireless was converted to 12v. for the radios and they installed a 12 volt batt. which needs more space....?

On the cab 11 there is absolutely no space to move the gas tank forth or aft and the same should apply to the cab 13 wheel base set up.

Hanno that is exactly what we reproduced using dimension from modern 12 volt batteries in the 35 size series.

Cheers

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

...that the wireless was converted to 12v. for the radios and they installed a 12 volt batt. which needs more space....?

On the cab 11 there is absolutely no space to move the gas tank forth or aft and the same should apply to the cab 13 wheel base set up.

Hanno that is exactly what we reproduced using dimension from modern 12 volt batteries in the 35 size series.

Cheers

My memory of the process is that we started with the drawings on Phil Waterman's web site for the lengthwise box and turned it 90 degrees to make the long dimension lateral and the short dimension longitudinal, keeping the hold-down centered. Slight modifications were made to dimensions (eg. height to better clear the terminals when the lid was tightened down) to fit a modern group 34 battery (frequently in Chrysler products) which seemed a good compromise for size and capacity.