Cory M

Last couple of times I've teched my car the shop has given me a hard time about not having a strap across the battery to hold it down. My battery is the fullsize OEM style unit in a 1987 911. I'm using the factory hold downs and the battery weighs about 50lbs, I seriously doubt it could come loose under any normal circumstances but I need a strap across it to make them happy.

I drive the car on the street too so I don't want to change to a smaller battery. I also don't want to drill a bunch of holes in my pan to attach the strap to. Anybody ou there have a similar problem? Got any good pictures of a solution that uses the stock battery and doesn't require a bunch of holes?

Maybe I should just do nothing until they force me to change it, or go to a different shop..