I'm sorry boys and girls but I just reread the original posts from T Y L E R and Doug from about 2 years ago and it's worth your time to take a trip back to yesteryear....
Enjoy!
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> From: "Tyler"
> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 00:40:48 -0500
> Subject: [80] Upgrading stock battery clamps (polterguist)
>
> Ok , the old pop-off-the-battery stock clamp polterguist is nearing
> an end ! In it's latest incarnation , it attempted to lock me in the 80
> .. without food or water
. I was just leaving the cottage , having
> walked up the 500' drive to where I had reparked the cruiser that
> afternoon . I had gone out with the intention of brush cutting , but
> having worked a 12 hr nite and without any sleep yet , I opted to curl
> up on the couch and pass out after barely firing up the chain saw .
> Anyway , after sleeping till 8 pm , I jumped in the cruiser , shut the
> doors , and for some reason locked them , then turned the key . nothing
> . No biggie I figured , I guess the positive clamp has fallen off again
> . So I go to unlock the driver door , and no juice .. so no unlocking
> door ! #$% now what ?? Hmmm , as I ponder how much air I have left , and
> how deeply into the sub-zero temps the nite will fall , I decide that if
> , perhaps , I rock the vehicle side to side like a crazed monkey in a
> cage , while at the same time keeping my left index finger on the
> 'unlock' button , I may jar the positive clamp back down a little on the
> terminal long enough to allow enough current thru to releash the locks
> !! *hindsight is 20/20 remember* . Repeated attempts rendered no-go . (
> Thankfully , no one witnessed this sad display of temporary insanity ..
> hehe ) I start to envision myself turning side saddle and kicking out
> the driver window . *remember I'm still pretty groggy here* . The
> thought of such drastic . ( did I say drastic ? I meant desperate ! ) .
> an action must have smacked me back into reality , because my next
> thought was to simple try opening the door by manually flipping the
> switch ! DUHHH . voila , I fill my oxygen starved lungs with fresh air ,
> and venture under the hood to replace the battery clamp ; inspired by
> the absence of my previous hypoxia . *W*
>
> So needless to say I've had it with these crap , anemic stock battery
> clamps ! So I'm looking for advice on replacements , and also wondering
> if there is anything else I should consider upgrading/maintaining while
> I'm doing the clamps ??
>
> Tyler ( who's heading off to bed now . content with the knowledge that
> he didn't saw off a leg , or suffocate himself this afternoon *L* )
>
>
Re: [80] Upgrading stock battery clamps (polterguist)
from [Doug]
To:
Subject: Re: [80] Upgrading stock battery clamps (polterguist)
From: Doug
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:00:09 -0800
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 00:58:41 -0500
T-Man! That gave me a great visual, and reminded me of arriving at a
business meeting in a rental sedan. Keys in the ignition, trunk open. I
pull my stuff out of the rear seat, reach in at an odd angle to pull
something from the trunk, then just push the trunk shut from a point near
the hinges to save time. As the trunk shuts home, I get a visual of my tie
serpentine between the scissors style hood hinges. Then the trunk is down
and there is silence while I ponder my options. I can only move my head
about 7 inches away from the car before the tie pulls me up short. I try
laying my legs across the trunk in a vain attempt to get the latch with my
toe. I stand, er, crouch and try to hook the ignition key with my toe (has
trunk remote) - no go. Finally, I decide to just yank back with my hands on
the car for leverage and go to my meeting with a funny story. That's when I
discovered that prisoners really CAN hang themselves with a necktie - those
things are strong. There is a brief moment when I think I may not be able
to tear it out of there, then it abruptly starts to tear. I was the hit of
the meeting, needless to say.
DougM
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-B-
. There's a fellow on here ( won't mention any names :-X ) , that actually slammed the trunk closed on his tie one day , virtually pinning him to the spot . Couldn't reach the release , and I don't think he could reach the keyhole , as he was near the mid/side of the car when he slammed 'er shut . As I recall , he went into the next meeting with a sawed off tie !! 
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