Today I went to Rick’s shop to make the hold down bars, we were able to make 12- 1”x 1” x 11” bars which will work well with group 24 and group 25 batteries, I remember someone was saying something about a larger battery so I also made 6- 1”x 1” x 12” bars in hopes to accommodate that need.


Here’s a little something for Rick for taking his time Sunday afternoon to help with the project.





Setting up the saw guide to 11” inches and cutting 2 at a time-






Putting the bar on the edge and using the OEM bar as a template to trace where the holes are going to be drilled out for the J-Hooks






Using a metal punch and hammer to punch a guide hole in the center of the hole that was traced-





Using the drill press to make the hole and adding some oil.






Cleaning up the rough edges where the holes were drilled. I didn’t file the other edges where the bars were cut to length.





11” & 12” bars











J-Hooks dropped into the bar-





The Hold Down Brackets are $8 plus shipping, PM with email address if your interested, will accept PayPal.


JDM