micky wrote in
:

What tool would you use to cut the black hard rubber? top end off of a
car battery, the part that holds the plastic handle on? Hack saw,
eledtric sabre saw? Some sort of hot wire device? ??

And is this a bad idea for some reason?

As far as why you want to do it I'm not gonna address.

Not like there a 100% chance of it happening but you don't want sparks
around a battery because of explosive gasses. More prevalent on batteries
that required maintenance. I believe there are spark free blades for air
powered cutting tools (no motor arcing). A body saw comes to mind.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...issearch=15764

Then again, might be cheaper to buy the right battery. Ooops!, said I
wasn't gonna address that.


The battery in there now has no handle, but at least 3 chain stores
around here, Autozone, Advance, and PepBoys, sell batteries that are
the same size and shape, even though they are different brand names..
And if I want as many CCA as I have now, the end willl make it even
harder to get the fuxse box cover off.