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UPDATE - Battery leaking at vent tube

Old Mar 27, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Ivory03
Now, my question, what keeps this battery from rubbing all the paint off of the floorboard of the car? Should I use a thin rubber mat or something?

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once bolted down, the battery should not move, and therefore not rub anything
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Old Mar 27, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by toastedoats

once bolted down, the battery should not move, and therefore not rub anything
Well, it wasn't very tight. Though I may find something to put underneath it.

Second question, there is about a 1/4" strip of dried up corrosion around where the battery was. Even a rag won't get it up. Will it ever eat the paint and metal even though it'* all dried up?

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as stated above, use a baking soda and water solution to clean it up, it will clean any battery acid that may be left behind, other that that maybe put some sealer down on any bare metal
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