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T-Bucket battery mount

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by travj31, Dec 27, 2008.

  1. I'm building a bucket without a small bed in the back, any suggestions where I should mount the battery?
     
  2. Chicken Scratch
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    Did you mount your gas tank yet? Mount it in the bed if the gas tank didnt take up all the room. If there's no room there, get a red top gel cell battery and mount it on its side up under the passenger side of the dash.

    If you have the gronud clearence you can get a frame rail mount and mount it under the bucket.
     
  3. Flatman
    Joined: Dec 20, 2005
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    Any room in the floor under the passenger seat?

    Flatman
     
  4. t-buckethead
    Joined: Jun 20, 2006
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    from texas

    under the seat,mounted to the frame on the passenger side.cut a whole in the floor for access.thats how i mounted mine in my bucket.
     

  5. propwash
    Joined: Jul 25, 2005
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    Doesn't anybody READ what he asked? My take on it is he doesn't HAVE a bed to mount things in, so any suggestions on just where to put it in the bed are pretty much useless - or at least not pertinent.

    dj
     
  6. Phil1934
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    Honda batteries are about 7"x3"x6". Get a brand you can lay on its side and put it under the floor.
     
  7. timmy t
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    mounted mine under the dash on my modified. its an optima so its rather large but i made a bracket with a door hinge on one end so I can swing it down to get at it.
     
  8. Put it under your seat. Mikey
     
  9. I made a cardboard box the size of the battery and went under the car until I found a place that was unobtrusive, happened to be under the passenger seat. The red top sealed batteries can be put on their sides for even more clearence.
     
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  10. thanks...i've heard about mounting batteries upside down or on the side, but i was a lil skeptical at first
     
  11. Belchfire8
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    Yup, they can go upside down, I e mailed Optima and they said it can go in any position including upside down...they are sealed. here's a couple pics of mine mounted under the bed during mock up stages, it's been under there for a couple years no, no probs
     

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  12. 40streetrod
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    thanks...i've heard about mounting batteries upside down or on the side, but i was a lil skeptical at first"

    not wanting to be a smart ass here but, you do understand that they are talking about dry gel batteries, right? like Optima batteries or Odyssey batteries
     
  13. yep, i understand!!! thanks for looking out though...
     
  14. This is why I have a pig pile of empty beer boxes...
     
  15. 29nash
    Joined: Nov 6, 2008
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    Mount it by the motor, very ingenious and different.

    It'll draw a lot of interest. People will ask "what is that?":eek:
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  16. you have empty beer boxes because you don't have a state tax on each can like here, we use those boxes to take back the cans in...lol
     
  17. RPM
    Joined: Feb 5, 2005
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    We mount the battery under the passenger seat, in the buckets we build.
     
  18. Ichoptop
    Joined: Mar 5, 2001
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    the Optima battery is not sealed nor is it a gel style battery. It is an Absorbed Glass Mat battery. This means the liquid is absorbed into the cells. It is still a liquid not a gel. The battery is not sealed. Those two little charcoal looking protrusions in the cover are called flame arrestors and are there to cover the vents. The battery will vent a gas but not a liquid.

    So yes, they can be mounted on any axis without issue but they are not a gel battery, a dry battery nor a sealed battery.
     
  19. Humidi-T
    Joined: Dec 29, 2008
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    from Louisiana

    I'm with RPM, mine is under the seat, on the passenger's side, in it's own batttey box with the top of the battery flush with the floor, and the terminal sticking up. I have it all the way against the frame rail.

    These buggers get pretty tight underneath, with battery, transmission, Transmission oil cooler, driveshaft, parking brake cables, horn, master cylinder, and shifter all trying to occupy a square yard of space.

    But damn are they fun!
     

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