Battery holder

[dp]

I just got a 10.0 and had to replace both screws that hold the battery in. One just broke off and I noticed the battery sitting sideways, lol. I took it apart, drilled a new hole, tapped it and put new machine screws in with lock washers. Just a heads up to keep an eye on it. While it was off I drilled a couple holes in bottom of the plastic to let the water out from the rain. The dealer is 100 miles away so anything I can do to fix things I have to do it.

[subaruwx]

Pictures? My battery sits in a plastic battery box that is attached to the frame with large zip strips. There aren't any screws.   Is your battery box attached to the tongue with screws?

[walt3]

[p]Im guessing his is like mine has an aluminum surround of angle alum held on with two screws. I will shoot a pic of mine in the morning if he hasn't put any up.[/p]

[fasteddieb]

My battery box itself just sits in the aluminum "surround".

I twice found a couple cups of water in it (you can just make it out):






In any case, I also drilled four small holes in the recesses to let the water flow out, just barely visible here:






In a perfect world, each hole would have a "spigot" to route possible spilled acid away from the frame, but for now I'm just going with the drain holes.

[subaruwx]

I have a battery box attached to the aluminum angle with large zip strips, but I thought the angle frame was welded to the tongue.  Maybe it's not welded, but screwed? I can't tell from what I can see.

Here is my battery box - I wired in a cutoff switch attached to the side of the battery box. You can see the holes in the box on the sides and in the bottom. The box was attached when I bought from dealer. Not sure if it was a factory or dealer install. I'm guessing dealer. 

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[fasteddieb]

Those tywraps are an interesting solution. Not sure about the decision to use them structurally, but at least they automatically allow drainage.

[dp]

Yours is like mine. It is not welded on, there are two screws that hold it on. They look like wood screws, lol. Anyway, not enough to hold weight of a battery over time I don't think. I'm not good at this picture thing, I wish I was. Thanks to all that added pics of this.