I was told not to install my new restoration battery

[Ronald L.]

Re: I was told not to install my new restoration battery

Update -
This battery we are working on is an antique auto batt.

With a hair dryer, I warmed the shiny top surface and it is real easy to get that layer off.

The smell is like road asphalt.

There is another layer below that - same shiny - but I'm not sure its a good idea to take that one off, its almost like that one is holding the whole thing together.

I also exposed some white hot melt on the inner sides and this is highy questionable if its the same type of construction as the Restorer article.

Michael, I shot you an email - was interested to know the tar details a little better, now its not clear we can even do this the way this one is constructed.

[Michael G.]

Re: I was told not to install my new restoration battery

Hi Ron,

I haven't worked on mine since the pics were taken last week. I stopped because I also have some concerns as to whether the Optima is too high to get the cables between it and the bottom surface of the battery shell. I measured it earlier and thought I could hog it out enough to make everything fit, but now I'm not so sure. Its going to be close, as the repro battery I used may be a different inside depth than the battery used in the restorer article. We'll see.

I'm out of town until next week, but I will continue then and report back....

Worst case is I have to switch to a smaller battery...

Mike