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8/9/07, 08:19 PM

Stoenr

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Positive battery terminal cover

Whats up with that thing? Why does it never stay put over the terminal!
Most pics Ive seen the cover is half off as is mine

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8/9/07, 08:22 PM

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It drives me crazy. I know what you mean. I hate it.

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8/9/07, 08:44 PM

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Same here

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8/9/07, 09:14 PM

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mine stays on, i do not know why it would lift up

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8/9/07, 10:25 PM

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It drives me crazy. I know what you mean. I hate it.

+ 3 On drives me crazy!

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8/10/07, 04:34 AM

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Does it serve any real purpose? Can you get zapped by touching the terminal?

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8/10/07, 04:44 AM

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Does it serve any real purpose? Can you get zapped by touching the terminal?

Those who have touch it are no more on earth to reply to your question.

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8/10/07, 05:38 AM

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8/10/07, 05:45 AM

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it's only DC current, and you need to be grounded to get zapped..

so yeah.. it's a bad idea to touch the positive lead while standing barefoot, so i guess the cover isn't so bad after all

EDIT: oh.. and mine doesn't stay on either

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8/10/07, 06:13 AM

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EDIT : Mine too, but i cheated. Added one more line under this stupid red plastic things to go to my amp, so it stay even less in position.

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8/10/07, 07:09 AM

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Do you guys who's cover won't stay on drive with your hoods open?

Mine had never budged in 2 years until I messed with it this morning for this thread. Now it will probably fly off the minute I hit the interstate!

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8/10/07, 07:46 AM

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Do you guys who's cover won't stay on drive with your hoods open?

Mine had never budged in 2 years until I messed with it this morning for this thread. Now it will probably fly off the minute I hit the interstate!

Lol, it wont fly off, but I think once you remove it to take the battery out, it never goes back the same way.

They made me tape it down for tech for the road course

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8/10/07, 02:26 PM

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it serves no purpose other then to protect a tool from being laid across the terminal. No you won't get shocked touching it, grounded or not.

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8/10/07, 02:26 PM

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I got tired of mine not staying on properly, too...so, I spent a little time (maybe 5 minutes) bending it a bit to stay on correctly and now it looks good!

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8/10/07, 02:46 PM

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Yeah that thing is useless once you remove it. On another note... I can NEVER seem to get my negative terminal unhooked. I loosened the bolt and completely unscrewed it at one point, and it wont come loose. Im beginning to think the dealer superglued it on there to get back at me.

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8/10/07, 05:56 PM

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Take a screwdriver and pry it upwards. Be careful not to break off the terminal on the battery though. Sometimes they get a little stuck, but nothing a little elbow grease can't deal with.

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8/10/07, 05:58 PM

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Same here - guess it was "put on earth" like flies to annoy us

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8/10/07, 08:05 PM

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Mine hasn't budged since new, but I've not removed it since then either.

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8/10/07, 08:45 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Reminisce

On another note... I can NEVER seem to get my negative terminal unhooked. I loosened the bolt and completely unscrewed it at one point, and it wont come loose. Im beginning to think the dealer superglued it on there to get back at me.

+1. Just found that out the other day. So instead I disconnected the + terminal. Is that bad? Kinda scared me when it sparked while putting it back on.