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Old 05-10-2008 | 02:29 PM
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Default swapping a square post battery for a round post one

my seat has a dead,ish battery and is a round post one.
i have a few month old square post one (ford).
is there a terminal out there to use a square posted battery on a round post car or can i just open out the round post terminals to fit the ford battery?

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Old 05-10-2008 | 02:32 PM
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cut off and refit spades to it

stupid idea imo though as for dont even use square terminals anymore, we sell conversion kits at work rather than ordering in the ford posts due to the cost of them these days
Old 05-10-2008 | 02:33 PM
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think the seat battery is a 065/075hd
Old 05-10-2008 | 06:00 PM
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You can just open up the round terminal and fit, this is what I did when I fitted a ford battery to my astra as that too was round post.
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Old 05-10-2008 | 06:56 PM
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when i put new battery on my cos supplier couldnt get square post anymore so they supplied adapters to go on round posts to fit connectors to.
Old 05-10-2008 | 07:34 PM
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they still do square terminals...................honest.........
Old 05-10-2008 | 08:03 PM
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You can as said still get square but are less and less people making them for a ever dwindling market.
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