Re: (ET) battery boxes

["Robert" <euclid delhitel net>]

Hi,
I've given battery boxes a lot of thought. I'm thinking why 'throw out the 
baby with the bath water!' What I'm going to do is cut off the bottom of the 
box and spot or TIG weld a sheet along it. I'm also going to make it about 
an inch higher so that the larger terminals will fit with the seat down. If 
I but the new piece with the old box and run a strip behind them both the 
seam won't stand out. If it does I can probably run a little bondo in but 
probably won't.
I'll try to take pictures when I do it.
Rob

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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:13:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Reo43 aol com
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Battery box corrosion
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:52:34 Andrew Poush wrote:

> Thanks for the responses re the brushes. Another question:
>  What solution have you guys used for battery box corrosion and how much
did it  cost?

My answer is probably not what you are looking for. My New Idea  is a
working tractor - I have no current plans to restore it. I pour  motor oil 
(used
or not) along all the seams and joints of the battery  compartments. This
seems to have stopped all the corrosion.

I have a complete frame and body I got from a former  Elec-Trak dealer for
a tractor that he never sold - he just kept robbing  parts from it, then
finally stripped it, and I bought what was left.  If/when I restore that one 
I
will use one of the methods that others have  suggested here.

Erv Troyer
Lagrange, IN