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  1. 17th November 2014, 03:27 PM #1
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    Plastic tray under floor of battery box.

    Anybody know its purpose on a 2.4 Puma ?
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    it's just a protective layer. serves no other purpose.

    I had a battery box made up that is flat bottomed to house 2 x N70 batteries with plenty of head room to the seat box cover. With the plastic cover removed i gained a small margin of clearance and gained a deeper battery box.

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    Am I correct in understanding that you cut the bottom out of your existing battery box and installed a new one at the level of theplastic cover under the cab?
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    The plastic tray is usually there to stop any battery acid getting on the metal,as it corrodes it very quickly.
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    My MY15 Defender had no plastic tray in the battery box, it did have a plastic skin on the outside under the car. A form of stone guard I thought.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorian View Post
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    Am I correct in understanding that you cut the bottom out of your existing battery box and installed a new one at the level of theplastic cover under the cab?
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    Yep. I'm yet to take pics. Lokka made it up for me. Did it in stainless for corrosion resistance. My primary battery is about 330mm long so larger than an N70.

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  7. 20th November 2014, 05:17 AM #7
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    We have a pair of 330mm batteries in our Puma in the standard box. They are a bit tight and fit left to right. We removed the plastic tray, figuring this was the first Defender to have such a tray.

    Your Odysseys are unlikely to leak so I wouldn't be too concerned.


    I have never bothered altering the battery box area as I have always managed to squeeze in suitable batteries. If you do alter your battery box, aluminium and stainless tend to corrode but I wouldn't be too concerned where you are in the dry west.


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