Need a picture of 1978 Jeep J10 Battery Tray and Parts

[NBD925]

Does anyone have a picture of a 1978 Jeep J-10 Battery tray and associated parts. I think someone through the years has swapped out my battery tray, bottom support and battery hold down clamp. Nothing seems to line up and the battery moves around. I?m tired of the random scraps of wood to wedge the battery this way and that way to keep it tight.

Can anyone help me with some pictures of original parts so I can find the correct pieces to fix this battery problem.

Thanks everyone

[NBD925]

Apparently this is what the original looks like.

http://jubileejeeps.org/tech/gemobx_battray.htm

I’m not sure if my 1978 Jeep J-10 has this weird 45 degree battery setup but I see all the right holes on my Jeep. Just lacking the right parts. Someone must have swapped out the original parts.

[nograin]

The one in the picture looks about the same as the one in my '85 Wagon.
There's some factory brochures here: http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/stati...ne/index1.html

But odds are not good that there's a good image of the battery tray in those.

Might want to look through the "Build threads" sub forum for J trucks of your year or close.

[tgreese]

NB location on inner fender for 6 and V8 are different, if it matters.

[NBD925]

I have the 258 Six. Is the link I gave with the picture wrong for my 258 Engine bay?

I?m still looking for a good picture of the battery setup for this truck.

[tgreese]

I have the 258 Six. Is the link I gave with the picture wrong for my 258 Engine bay?

I’m still looking for a good picture of the battery setup for this truck.

Yep, parts are the same (I think) but location on the inner fender is wrong. I'll get a pic from my '77 likely tomorrow moring when it's light.

[tgreese]

[tgreese]

Is there a picture there? Somehow my work won't allow a redirection back to an address at my work, so the pictures don't show. Can't reach IFSJA from home.

Here's a link - http://nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~reese/J10BatteryTray.jpg

As you can see, there is bolt straight in to the core support, there is bolt that goes down through the inner fender, and a bolt at the outer corner. The bolt at the outer corner connects to a brace that goes to the core support lower down.

[nograin]

Yes. I can see it. (win xp, seamonkey/mozilla with no-script)

Definately a bit different than the tray in my '85 Wagon with v8.
It might be possible to alter one like mine...
Here's some photos from when I repaired it last spring.









Battery Tray Album (Flickr)

[tgreese]

Pretty sure the tray is the same. The tray has to be rotated for the V8, since the V8 radiator is wider.

[nograin]

Maybe a 70s v8 tray is the same, and the difference between yours and mine is the year.
Big differences I see are:
my '85 has the stud in the corner and your '77 has the stud center.
the tab on mine is angled and attached to the short end, while the '77 has a tab on the long side.

The wide stamped channels seem a little different too. Not sure if that would make a difference, but probably could be shimmed if interchanging is needed.

[tgreese]

Yes, the trays are clearly different. You could make the V8 tray work with a little drilling and welding.

I recall the two batteries are different too - same size and shape, but the posts are reversed. I have tried putting the 258 battery in my V8 J20 and the positive terminal is dangerously close to the hood diagonal crossmemeber when closed.

[Woodchomper]

I know you asked for original pictures but have you thought of just making your own battery tray? There was not a lot of effort put into this battery tray. The benefit though was being able to reuse a battery (Group 31 I believe) that we had leftover from another project. The original battery tray besides being the wrong size was too far gone to use. The new tray does hold the battery nicely.

[NBD925]

Wow thanks for all the information everyone! I headed over to Montana Overland Jeep, a local Jeep junkyard. I did some looking and found a few stock examples. It seemed like all of them were rotted out.

I did some searching on the internet and found that they still make some new battery trays for CJ Jeeps. If you do a search on Google for “Jeep CJ Battery Tray” they look the exact same. You just have to cut off the 45 degree vertical side straps. Because almost all the original trays I looked at were rotted out, I think I’m just going to get a new CJ Tray.

I tried to post a picture but it’s a nightmare getting them to meet the size limits.

[tgreese]

Wow thanks for all the information everyone! I headed over to Montana Overland Jeep, a local Jeep junkyard. I did some looking and found a few stock examples. It seemed like all of them were rotted out.

I did some searching on the internet and found that they still make some new battery trays for CJ Jeeps. If you do a search on Google for “Jeep CJ Battery Tray” they look the exact same. You just have to cut off the 45 degree vertical side straps. Because almost all the original trays I looked at were rotted out, I think I’m just going to get a new CJ Tray.

I tried to post a picture but it’s a nightmare getting them to meet the size limits.

The site won't host your pictures. The maximum picture size is made arbitrarily small to keep you from posting. Put your pictures on your choice of other servers and hot-link to them.

There are lots of aftermarket battery trays that will work. The CJ tray is probably more expensive than needed for this purpose. Look on Amazon for a large sampling.

Battery tray above looks like this one - https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Bat...s=battery+tray This part is likely available cheaper from Summit or Jegs. Make sure any replacement tray does not put the positive post where it will contact the hood brace.