{"id":2383,"date":"2026-04-29T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:00:00","slug":"replacing-the-battery-and-making-a-battery-hold-down-strap-for-the-66-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/replacing-the-battery-and-making-a-battery-hold-down-strap-for-the-66-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing the Battery and Making a Battery Hold Down Strap for The 66 Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My battery was 3 years old and during the dark times of a bad motor I ran it down… a lot. So with that I picked up an Odyssey AGM Group 41 ODY ODP-AGM96R <\/a> . Interestingly it sits at 12.8v when off where the previous Super Start sat at 12.6v. Replacing a battery is the easy part, I finally got around to replacing the hold down strap, which was also easy. I thought my mount was mangled, but it was just a broken piece of the old hold down making it appear so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interestingly, the sticker on the Odyssey says 5\/26, which is technically the future! OK, so the next step was to create a hold down. I used a 3′ NRS strap, I put a grommet in it and secured that to the threaded post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upon review, I think it might have made more sense to move the clamp to the backside of the battery, not the top. A project for another day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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