John S's Journal

Now that the GT has been resuscitated and reliably back on the road, the project list has diminished but seemingly there are always little things that I want to do but lack the motivation sometimes to get done during the colder weather. The unheated garage is a motivation killer.

I took advantage of a warm dry to tackle one such item the other day and started on another related project. The first was a simple one. I misplaced the ring-terminal leads to my Battery Tender and had to get a replacement so when that showed up after the holidays, I worked myself into the back of the GT to permanently attach the terminals to the battery posts and snake the end out under the rear seat where I can easily plug in the maintainer/charger when needed. Simple job but nice to have done . No more removing everything just to hook up the charger, especially when the car cover is on. Related to this project is the modification of the battery compartment cover. I have a spare left over from my parted out wreck and have had plans to slice it up to allow easier access to the driver side battery box bin that I purchased from the BST forum. I got started on that the other day as well and it needs a little more work. The plan was to make it hinged like the ones that are commercially available and so far, I think it’s going to work. I got out my Dremel clone and sliced it across the back of the cover, allowing for room to mount a piano hinge.
Ideally, it would be welded but since I don’t weld, I drilled and riveted the hinge in several places which I think will work just fine once I trim the ends. All that is left to do is that and then a test fit to see if all the fasteners still line up and if they do, then I need to determine where to slice it so that I can open either side individually. A lick of paint after that assuming it all goes well and Bob’s your uncle as they say.