Steve1.0
Senior Member
I have 4 totally dead 8D batteries (2 outboard of each engine) which I have abandoned for the last 2 years. I'm not able to get the port side batts out due to a water heater blocking the way fwd and the exhaust riser blocking an aft removal. Plus they're just to heavy for my tired old back.
I'm considering cutting them in half or thirds for removal.
Question: Can I:
1) Jam say, a sharpened 1/2" wood or delrin dowel into each cell, making way for a small tube to be inserted for pumping out the electrolyte without causing any "surprises"?
2) Cut them up with a sawzall sans previously mentioned "surprises"?
Or possibly cut around and lift the tops off each and lift out the plates.
I can do this in or over the FG boxes they live in thus catching any run-off and debris.
Is this doable, or am I as crazy as this sounds?
I'm considering cutting them in half or thirds for removal.
Question: Can I:
1) Jam say, a sharpened 1/2" wood or delrin dowel into each cell, making way for a small tube to be inserted for pumping out the electrolyte without causing any "surprises"?
2) Cut them up with a sawzall sans previously mentioned "surprises"?
Or possibly cut around and lift the tops off each and lift out the plates.
I can do this in or over the FG boxes they live in thus catching any run-off and debris.
Is this doable, or am I as crazy as this sounds?