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Where is the hold down bracket for the battery in a 1998 ford escort?
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∙ 17y ago
A factory hold down for the battery is a simple plastic block of sorts at the end of a long thin bolt. There is no bracket to go across the top. The base of the correct battery has a flange at the bottom so the plastic block wedges the battery into place.
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