Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: garden tractor battery

Author: Ian Adkins

Date: Jul 18, 2001, 10:40 AM

Post ID: 1707539252


Andy,

Very cool idea. I was just transferring the battery from one bike to another
and had the opportunity to pull the caps and check the electrolyte levels. I
was looking at the caps and see that it could be very easy to run vent tubes
out of those caps. Thanks for the idea.

....Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: andy hill <gun-@lynnet.com>
To: Loopfram-@topica.com <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Date: July 18, 2001 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: garden tractor battery



 ian-
i know that this is prolly anal, but what i did is this:
after noticing the really bad/loose paint/corrosion, etc. inside the
sidecovers, all over the frame, batt. tray, etc. when i first got this
bike,
 i took a drillbit, & bored out the 'lil flat vents in the batt. caps to
make
 'em round. then, scrounging up an elbow & a tee fitting [really small
vaccuum fittings ripped out of a long-ago g.m. truck], i put the tee in 1
cap & the elbow in the other, put a short hose from 1 cap to the next, then
a long hose from the remaining tee fitting to the air [down by the rear
tire].
haven't seen any problems yet. 1 thing- blow thru the hoses to make sure
the drill didn't push a pile of plastic bits into a pile in the caps,
blocking off the breathing ability of the caps. whew! didn't take that long
to do it!!
andy

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