Seems like a simple enough device but I have a battery bar, the same as HAM2457 and I'm struggling to understand how it was intended to go on!

Nothing seems to be lining up in an obvious way. Would someone be willing to send me a pic of theirs to help switch the light on?

When looking into the boot - bar is on top left of battery. Will need two threaded rods, one short and one longer. They go diagonally across the front and rear of the battery into the hooks or holes on body. Wing nuts or nuts on the top of the bar.

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Dave K.
1979 Moke Californian + 1981 'Coke' Moke

assuming your car still has the little tabs poking up on either side of the battery box...

get a pair of eye bolts with 1/4" threads and a 1/4" hole at the end, use a short 1/4" bolt to bolt the eye bolt to the tabs on the floor. Don't try to hook a J bolt through the tabs on the floor, they'll twist and break the tabs.

this is an eye bolt

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Ok, thanks for that. Yep, still got the tabs, although they are looking a little worse for wear!

Not that it really matters how it gets secured on there but I'm intrigued on what the thinking was behind the original design.

I'm guessing that there are two tab/holes on each side - one for bolts, the other for a strap?

The thinking behind one being a J bolt the other being an eye bolt was just to make it easier to get one side off should you need to do so on the road?

MiniDave, you said one long, one short. Looking at mine there isn't any reason why they shouldn't be both the same. Does it depend on the size of your battery? In fact the short ones will have no hope of reaching.

The part that threw me initially, which is why I thought I'd throw such a newbie question out there was I wasn't expecting the bolts to have to be on an angle. This will make the nuts seem crooked I suppose. I guess it doesn't matter which way round you do it, with the bar's holes on the vertical or the horizontal side?

I HIGHLY recommend that you include a little bit of rubber sheet under the battery clamp and folding up against the battery terminals to ensure it never comes directly into contact with the battery terminals. Once upon a time the terminals must have been further onboard on the battery. They're very close to the battery clamp if it is kicked up a little.

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