I found on my C4 that you don't need to remove the fender bolt closest to
the door, but all the others, and hinge out the fender part, and the battery
in/out is no huge problem. I still want to meet the roicket scientist that
decided to put the distributor on front of the LT1 and behind the water pump
and vibration damper...

G


"Dad" > wrote in message
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> "aRKay" > wrote in message
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>> The battery in my 2001 C5 died and that's okay as it was almost 3 years
>> old. I had a heck of a time removing the side terminals because GM left
>> little or no space to remove side terminals. My only small 8 mm open
>> end wrench slipped out of my hand and dropped in slot in the bottom of
>> the battery box. I got the battery out using some small vice grips.
>> What a dumb-ass design! To make a long story short I managed to fish
>> the small wrench out using a long telescoping thing with magnet on the
>> end.
>>
>> Happiness is Wall Mart batteries! Where else can you get a battery
>> replaced for free on FRIDAY night. My battery was still within the 36
>> month warranty and they exchanged it and gave me a new one with
>> another 36 free replacement starting from Aug 2010.
>>
>> After a very bad experience with Delco batteries, I only use Wall Mart
>> batteries. They are as good as most with a better warranty and they are
>> open 24 hours /7 days a week. Batteries seem to always die on weekends.
>
> Wow, where do you get gloves with 4 thumbs in them? You must have at least
> 2 thumbs on each hand for the C5 battery to be a problem in any way. Try
> the C4 sometime, or a C1 if you want an adventure. Hint, to change the C1
> it's always easier if it doesn't have acid in it, the C4 you only need to
> remove some of the front fender. I just changed my Delco in the truck that
> was 9 years old this June.
>
> By the way Wal-Mart closes around here at 9:00, that's when most people
> get their goats out to take them home for milking, much cooler in there
> during the hot days. ;-))