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An automobile club for the enthusiast who enjoys the last of the big GM cars. The rear wheel drive B and D bodys. Chevrolet Impala SS, Caprice, 9C1, Buick Roadmaster, Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Cadillac Fleetwood
 
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boojum




Posts : 2182
Join date : 2009-01-21
Age : 36
Location : NH

Camaro Battey Hold Down Empty
PostSubject: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptySun Sep 26, 2010 6:20 pm

The battery in a Camaro is held by a little plastic bracket on the top of the coolant reservior. Well at least it is until it breaks, which is on almost all of them.

Items required: 1/4 round stock, 1/4-20 bolt and washer
Tools required: MAPP®️ gas torch, vise grips, 1/4-20 tap/drill, and spray paint

A little heat, bend to a L shape with a couple eyes for the bolts, paint and:
Camaro Battey Hold Down Bat

The hole in the core support is already there, just drill and tap.

That's my what I got done today message. I'd thought I'd share for all the other members that drive a Camaro. Smile

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toomanytoyz
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Location : East Hampstead, NH USA

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PostSubject: Re: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptySun Sep 26, 2010 7:38 pm

That's pretty F'n Badass. Wink
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PostSubject: Re: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptySun Sep 26, 2010 7:59 pm

Timmy
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GasTT

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Age : 36
Location : Treasure Coast, FL

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PostSubject: Re: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptySun Sep 26, 2010 9:33 pm

Sweet.

The battery in my Z is loose too.
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sdstick

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Location : Revere, MA

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PostSubject: Re: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptyMon Sep 27, 2010 8:20 pm

So he stuck 1 end under a bolt with washer, heated it to red hot, bent the hook.
THEN, dragged it across the battery, heated it red hot & pounded it down with a BFH contoured right around the battery. Looks pretty simple.. Shocked
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PostSubject: Re: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptyMon Sep 27, 2010 8:54 pm

No BFH needed, vise grips only.

I heated it and made one bend, let it cool while I searched for the BFH and cleaned the garage,
heated and made another bend, let it cool while I searched for the BFH and cleaned the garage,
heated and made another bend, let it cool while I searched for the BFHand cleaned the garage,
heated and made another bend, let it cool while I searched for the BFHand cleaned the garage,
heated and made another bend, let it cool while I searched for the BFHand cleaned the garage,
heated and made another bend, let it cool while I gave up looking for the BFH and just cleaned the garage,
painted it.
Finished celaning the garage and found the BFH. Smile
Bolted it in the next day.

It's actually more of a Z shape with a slight S curve by the core. It came out close enough on the first pass.

You can buy one for about $20 but then you'd have nothing to do in between cleaning the garage.
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PostSubject: Re: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptyMon Sep 27, 2010 9:27 pm

Razz
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toomanytoyz
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PostSubject: Re: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptyMon Sep 27, 2010 9:36 pm

But hey, at least the garage is clean! Smile





(sounds like I need to make one of those hold-downs too...)
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PostSubject: Re: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptyMon Sep 27, 2010 9:41 pm

toomanytoyz wrote:
But hey, at least the garage is clean! Smile
(sounds like I need to make one of those hold-downs too...)

Well it's mostly a true story, except the part about finished cleaning the garage.

Why would you need a battery hold down for a 4th gen Camaro?


Did anyone else think "The two door thread" was going to be about a Camaro? Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Camaro Battey Hold Down   Camaro Battey Hold Down EmptyMon Sep 27, 2010 9:49 pm

boojum wrote:


Did anyone else think "The two door thread" was going to be about a Camaro? Smile

Lol gee thanks Razz
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