Hello so I pulled my battery out a few months ago to store my car, but today I reinstalled the battery back in.

The battery is now installed but I have this problem with the anchor. The long piece just isn't long enough and I have no idea how the last person installed it. I do remember it being super tight when I was taking it out a few months ago.





Any help would greatly be appreciated thanks!

 

You should be hooking the bottom of the long piece first, then set the clamp plate on top , and thread the nut over it

 

This is what I am doing but the long piece isn't long enough to stick through the plate, so I can't put the nut on it.

 

Make sure you're seating the crook of the long rod in the correct hole. It goes through the outside of the sheet metal hole that is set up from the bottom of the battery tray. Then you should have enough clearance to get the two rods to line up properly.

 

you are going under the handle right?

 

I am doing that.



Yes I am.

 

are you using the OEM battery tray?



I believe the tray bolts into the chassis and the anchor hooks into the tray...

 

there should be an elevated loop

http://www.ebay.com/itm/06-Nissan-35...391#vi-content

 

^^That's the description I was looking for: "elevated loop". It's part of the bracket that the OP should be hooking the loop of the long rod to. Without it, the long rod will be too short and I suspect that's the OP's problem. He's hooking it under a side of the bracket vs. looking for the actual hole that is in the darkness to the left of his picture of the bottom of the battery.

 

Yeah, I could be wrong, but this should be where you hook it, not where hes trying.


I havent had to replace a 350 battery yet, so I havent seen it in person, but GREEN should be the correct spot, vs RED where hes trying?

 

^Yup that's where it was thanks so much everyone! I couldn't see that hole in the darkness last night but alls good now thanks!!

 

Np

 

wow op, you may want to delete this thread.

 

Why? This thread could help another Z owner out. I noticed how little clearance there was and how dark it was when peering down the gap between the battery and the fuse box. Nothing to be shamed about.