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Topic: New Guy - Battery Box

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New Guy - Battery Box

Posted: 12/6/04 10:44pm Message 1 of 5
Ayelander
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Oak Island, NC - USA
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Vette(s): 1974 454 Stingray Coupe
New guy here with my first Corvette (74 454). Been going into all the nooks and crannies and decided to clean out the battery box. Found two small diameter hoses potted up thru the bottom of the box and are just laying there (not connected to anything ~12". Any idea what they are for?
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New Guy - Battery Box

Posted: 12/7/04 4:33am Message 2 of 5
daveb12
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KERNERSVILLE, NC - USA
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Vette(s): 1968 L-71 convertible
Didn't some of those old batteries need a drain tube? |headscratch|


New Guy - Battery Box

Posted: 12/7/04 6:02am Message 3 of 5
Ten15
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Vette(s): '68 Black Conv. Matching 327/300 4 Spd. P/S, P/B, P/W, Tele, A/C
I believe that they are vent hoses for the old style batteries that required maintenance.

Check http://www.corvettecentral.com & enter part #173015

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New Guy - Battery Box

Posted: 12/7/04 7:50am Message 4 of 5
After Shark
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Vette(s): 1972 Coupe Anything, but Stock and more mods to come! SSBC Force 10 Brakes, 3.73, TH350, 355 CID, Rack and Pinion, Vette Brakes suspension front and rear.
thats correct. Those tubes would actually connect to the top of the battery cell caps. They were to vent gasses or if the battery boiled over it would expell them to the outside. Battery gas emissions are and can be very toxic.


New Guy - Battery Box

Posted: 12/7/04 8:15am Message 5 of 5
Ayelander
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Thanks guys, that would make sense.


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