24F Battery with Tabs

[Luva65wagon]

My car's not "rat rod" enough but the wrench idea might work for the Flarechero. You could also weld the correct size nuts in place and use them to put the hold down rods through??

Hum....

Of course, I rotated the battery to the 64/64 style tray (low and parallel to the core support), but I think I could get away with it.

[Luva65wagon]

After talking to Gene, he mentioned having found an Excide brand battery with tabs, so I Googled Excide and found this:

http://www.showmetheparts.com/n2ebattery/

Their Classic line has tabs.

[SmithKid]

Mine is marked with "Type 24F". I suspect the "F" may be significant. If I remember correctly (3 yrs. ago), I got mine at Pacific Power on Broadway in Everett.

[redfalken]

Jeff found a link to the one I have in right now. I think my parents were in town when I bought it and we used their Sam's Club card.

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/pr...oductId=165875

Now that may just be an old stock photo. And I don't have a membership anyway.

Looks like I may be doing some running around this weekend battery shopping! I wonder who sells Exide in my neck of the woods? Those look like they should work as well.

[Luva65wagon]

The other place you might want to check, which I never did, is Interstate batteries. They are sold by everyone out here and their warehouse is just around the block from where I live.

[61ranch]

The 24 is the group size of the battery and the "F" is a reverse post battery, meaning the 24 has the posts in one direction on the top and the 24F has them in the opposite direction. The Exide batteries should have the tabs on the bottom of the battery on either one. Hope this helps.

[redfalken]

Did some shopping around today and ending up getting a 24F at Budget Battery on Lake City Way that has the tabs. Their 60 month was $80. Nice guy working there and they get good reviews on Yelp. Only issue so far is the label puts the UGH in Ugly! I peeled it off intact so I can use spray adhesive to put it back on if I ever need to.

Now I need to pull the tray, clean off the acid from the old, leaky battery and repaint.