Battery Hold-Down

[gromit]

A number of my Land Rovers are missing the battery hold down.

I've looked at the hold down frame that came with one of them and decided I need to get some small steel angle and make a copy. Problem is that I can't get any steel angle small enough.
Looking at the existing frame it's more like sheet steel bent at 90 degrees with a decent radiius.

It's been in the back of my mind for some time but I hadn't found the material I needed. Then the other day I had a couple of doors that were given to me which I de-skinned and was about to throw the frames away because the bottoms were rusted out but there across the centre of the door was the steel section I was looking for.....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/08/321.jpg (http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/cradley/media/Spare%20parts/DSCN3607_zpsam2m1czx.jpg.html)


When this is cut from the door frame and slit into two it is an exact match for the hold down frame material.

Original painted black and a 'cut from a door' replica awaiting paint.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/08/322.jpg (http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/cradley/media/Spare%20parts/DSCN3609_zps1wspdxng.jpg.html)



Colin

[crackers]

The battery box and battery hold down on Wombat shows her ancestry. There is a steel base welded to the chassis - obviously factory. There's a shallow surround bolted to this (about 1" high maybe), obviously factory.

When unbolting that surround, one bolt sheered off and when I'd knocked the stub out, I found a spanner rusted to the head of the bolt :eek:

Then there was the tie-down, 'tie' being the operative word because it was a length of hemp rope :Rolling:

Yup, she was a farmer's ute.

Sorry I can't help with your problem Grommit.

[Busted Syncro]

G'day All,
Over the last 43 years had to repair the battery hold down 2 times. So decided to make one out of 25x25x6mm angle and TIG welded it up. An exact replica of the original. That was 15 years ago and no further problems.
Chris