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Originally Posted by Racekar
The PO replaced the battery before I bought the car and I guess they never replaced the hose. My battery has the vent facing the front of the car. There is no hose, I can put one on but where do you route it? I already saw some water/acid driping out right on to the hold down plate.
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The original batteries were vented throught the caps, so there was no "plumbing" built into the car to accomodate the newer style batteries with sealed caps and an alternate vent.
I fashioned a "sump" out of a small, square-shaped pill bottle and attached it to the front side of the battery with double-sided tape. I placed some of that synthetic pill bottle stuffing material in the bottle, then saturated it with battery cleaner to neutralize acid. Along with adding a few vent holes to the bottle cap.