:disapprove:
Okay, I had to change my battery this afternoon. Pulled the old one, no problem, got a replacement, and started to install the new one. An hour and 45 minutes later, I have given up.
The battery terminal is an upside-down "U" with a hole in the top for the cable bolt, and a hole in the side to slide the tiny, square "nut" that the bolt should thread into. That nut can only slide in one way, so the bolt can be tightened without needing a wrench in there.
But, the amount of up-and-down travel the nut can move in that "U" is longer than the cable bolt. I finally hit on the idea to push a Q-tip head into the bottom of the "U", then slide the nut on top of it, gently nudging until the hole in the nut lined up with the hole in the top; the q-tip head held it to the top of the channel. After an hour of futzing I got the Negative cable securely fastened.
Then I go to the Positive side of the battery, and the &*%^! plastic battery retainer doesn't even allow access to the side of the "U" channel! I take it off again, start futzing with the Q-tip head and that &$^%! tiny nut, and then fumble-fingered the nut and now I can't find it.
There's got to be some kind of trick to using these nuts, what the heck am I doing wrong??? :spank:
Okay, I had to change my battery this afternoon. Pulled the old one, no problem, got a replacement, and started to install the new one. An hour and 45 minutes later, I have given up.
The battery terminal is an upside-down "U" with a hole in the top for the cable bolt, and a hole in the side to slide the tiny, square "nut" that the bolt should thread into. That nut can only slide in one way, so the bolt can be tightened without needing a wrench in there.
But, the amount of up-and-down travel the nut can move in that "U" is longer than the cable bolt. I finally hit on the idea to push a Q-tip head into the bottom of the "U", then slide the nut on top of it, gently nudging until the hole in the nut lined up with the hole in the top; the q-tip head held it to the top of the channel. After an hour of futzing I got the Negative cable securely fastened.
Then I go to the Positive side of the battery, and the &*%^! plastic battery retainer doesn't even allow access to the side of the "U" channel! I take it off again, start futzing with the Q-tip head and that &$^%! tiny nut, and then fumble-fingered the nut and now I can't find it.
There's got to be some kind of trick to using these nuts, what the heck am I doing wrong??? :spank: