Is there supposed to be a battery tie down?

[MattZ31]

I had to swap the battery in my car today cuz the old one died and I realized, there is no battery tie down on my car. Is there not supposed to be some sort of tray the battery sits in with a big long bolt to tighten it down or something? Cuz my battery is kinda just sitting there. I'm sure sliding around is not good for it.

 

[HighPsi92GST]

yes there is a peice that holds the battery down.

 

[MattZ31]

Oh, well does anyone have a spare one they don't need, or know of a place that sells one? I guess I need one

 

[glennerd87]

I had to swap the battery in my car today cuz the old one died and I realized, there is no battery tie down on my car. Is there not supposed to be some sort of tray the battery sits in with a big long bolt to tighten it down or something? Cuz my battery is kinda just sitting there. I'm sure sliding around is not good for it.

Yea you need one to pass state inspection

 

[zachakagoat]

Yea you need one to pass state inspection

Who gives a crap about state inspection your track inspectors are gonna rip you a new one

 

[MattZ31]

The state inspection here in TN is a joke. They check to make sure there's a cat on your car, if your check engine light is on, and if you have fuel pressure int he gas tank, that's it. They don't pop the hood, hook anything up to the exhaust pipe, or make you get out or anything. 2 minutes tops.

 

[DUSTER]

The state inspection here in TN is a joke. They check to make sure there's a cat on your car, if your check engine light is on, and if you have fuel pressure int he gas tank, that's it. They don't pop the hood, hook anything up to the exhaust pipe, or make you get out or anything. 2 minutes tops.

thats nothing here in mississippi as long as your lights work and you windsheld
is only a lil cracked you pass like 30sec tops
some times they dont even check your lights
they just come outside and look at you car and say ok

 

[timm98gst]

you can get a generic battery hold-down at any auto parts store - or for a few extra bucks, there are some pretty sweet aftermarket ones out there - check ebay

 

[Defiant]

I'm sure sliding around is not good for it.

Neither is grounding-out on the bottom side of the hood, which often incinerates the car.

 

[LoONeYChIKuN]

Actually, that happened to me when I had gotten my car running again (after getting tired of fixing it and letting it sit for a couple months)...I had lost the tie-down and on the freeway grounded out on the hood, confused the F*CK out of me for a while , kinda funny, but now that I think of it I'm kinda lucky the whole car didn't go up in flames

 

[hewhoisknot]

My first dsm didn't have a tray or a tie down. everytime I'd hit the brakes to come to a complete stop the neg. post would come off my battery