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Subject:Best way to Install a Optima Red Top Starter ...Sideways
From:Robert Lilley
Date:Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:49:06 EST

All the cables fit and requires no cutting etc.
Just put a spacer on the side of the battery to keep it from sliding if the
hold down comes loose. (You can also put a second nut on the hold down to
keep it secure...)

Also put a piece of plastic on the edge of the battery box under the positive
terminal (there is a small space between the edge of the terminal and the
metal) to prevent any shorts in the event of battery movement.

**I also have a battery anticorrosion pad at the floor of the battery that is
about a 1/8" thick.