Boy...I was doing a pre-trip inspection on my 94, and tightened the battery hold down. Noted the midships hold down seemed a little mushy...looked and the bloody j hook was in the composition battery box. The driver's side j hook went into a hole in the fender.
Hope I'm not the only one that thinks that hook in the composition battery box is a little hinky.
Pulled the battery. There is a bolt through the battery box that sits just under the battery, toward the rear. Scoped out the topography of the battery box. Pulled some 1.5" strap out of the possibles pile, made some measurements, plied the 2 pound sledge to good effect, and ended up with a contoured strap which is held down by the bolt under the battery, and emerges on the midships side. I bent the midships side up at 90 degrees, drilled a hole for the j hook, and bought an extended j hook at 0'Reilly. Cleaned and painted the bracket while I was at it.
Typically make it a practice to keep the vehicle wheels between my kiester and the center of the planet, but if I end up otherwise, I now have some confidence that my battery will stay where I last left it.
