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Well, no money and plenty of time so I built a new battery try to fit an almost new group 31 John Deere battery I had. My old tray was rusted through anyway.
I like keeping things close to original, but saw no need in trying to accommodate that odd shaped battery. I did the same thing back in the '80s to hold a 24 series. You did a much nicer job!
I like keeping things close to original, but saw no need in trying to accommodate that odd shaped battery. I did the same thing back in the '80s to hold a 24 series. You did a much nicer job!
Yeah, me too but I'm not a purist. Now I can use a 24, 27 or ??? I should have made it a little wider so a group 65 will fit, everything else I own uses those.
My battery tray was also toast from years of use. I managed to find a couple of used, stock trays and removed the "L" bracket that is closest to the engine. This bracket is nice and flat along the bottom edge. I welded a new, flat plate across the bottom of the two brackets and then had the assembly powdercoated. A new plastic battery tray was then bolted to the new flat plate using stainless fasteners. The plastic tray I chose fits the Group 24 batteries and others of similar dimensions. In a pinch, you can almost always find a Group 24 battery.
During the installation, I added a new set of 5/16 caged nuts on the back side of the firewall and 6 stainless hex bolts.
The install was finished off with a couple of stainless "J" bolts and stainless hold down bracket. Hopefully this tray will out live the stock version that came on the truck.
Ironically I was digging in the shed for something and found a good one I had saved from a 60 I parted out. It was made a little different and instead of the "L" ends they were like full triangles. And it also looks like it was made for a group 27 battery.
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