How do you install the battery strap?

[spikeygg]

I'm a total noob with this and I feel a little silly asking this question but I want to secure the battery and I can't figure out the proper way to thread the two straps through the stock latch so that the battery is secure.

Does anyone have a set of pictures or video showing the procedure?

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[Rich]

No apology necessary - the battery strap routing isn't obvious.

One place to see the details is HERE.

[spikeygg]

No apology necessary - the battery strap routing isn't obvious.

One place to see the details is HERE.

Cool thanks. Dang, it looks like I'm missing the hook part. Anyone know where I can get that piece? Maybe I'll recruite a metal working friend to create that piece...

[DMC-81]

Cool thanks. Dang, it looks like I'm missing the hook part. Anyone know where I can get that piece? Maybe I'll recruite a metal working friend to create that piece...

Hi there,

I had the exact same problem. I posted a want ad and a fellow member came through. It is NLA so you have to get a used one if you want the original. Here is what it looks like if you want your friend to make one..

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Cheers,

[DMC-81]

No apology necessary - the battery strap routing isn't obvious.

One place to see the details is HERE.

Rich, can you post this information again? The link does not work anymore.

[FABombjoy]

https://web.archive.org/web/20210309...terystrap.html

[jackb]

I never had the OE battery strap, so I made my own easy solution:

I took a regular M16 sling (an extra surplus issue type) which is just a piece of webbing with two strap adjuster sliders. I looped the webbing through the slider, the rear mount, and back into the slider to lock it in place. Then the same for the front. If I need to remove the battery I just loosen the forward strap adjuster slider and create enough slack to pull the webbing aside and access the battery.

I had an extra sling on hand so my cost was zero, but its just 1? webbing and two sliders which are not expensive at all (<$10 on ebay).

[DMC-81]

Thank you. After an almost 10 year service life, my Interstate battery died, so I needed a reminder on how to attach the original battery strap. I tucked the extra strap around the clamp.



This time I chose an AGM battery. As a bonus, it was gray and black.

[82DMC12]

In case anyone is curious, I bought the DPI battery strap kit. My old strap was so destroyed from battery acid/fumes that it was not repairable, plus I was missing one of the ends.

DPI kit is great - it has a spring-loaded latch on it, beefy straps, and heavy duty stainless mounts that go into the body. Supplies with stainless hardware.

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[DMC-Ron]

Thank you. After an almost 10 year service life, my Interstate battery died, so I needed a reminder on how to attach the original battery strap. I tucked the extra strap around the clamp.
This time I chose an AGM battery. As a bonus, it was gray and black.

What AGM manufacture and model did you choose? I also have an old Interstate battery that's still working at 7 years but thinking about AGM.
Ron