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Fellow BITOGers and those who found this thread via search engine: this is how I modified a 2010 CR-V to use a larger 24F battery. This *should* work for all 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 CR-Vs. This may work on other years, but no guarantees.
The family fleet just saw a new addition, a 2010 CR-V. The battery was dead before it was even purchased. I'm on a personal vendetta against using a 51R battery on any car EVER again, period. So I took some measurements of the 51R, removed it, removed the plastic tray it was sitting on, then measured both the amount of space I had to work with as well as the space available on the fixed metal tray below. Later I made a trip and took measurements of both a group 35 battery and a group 24(F) battery. I realized there actually is enough space to allow a 24F battery (including height/hood clearance). The only modifications needed were to remove the battery holding bracket & J-hooks and bend the metal tray lip and 'eyelet' that acts as the anchor for the J-hook (toward the firewall/rear of the vehicle), and also 'flare' out the sides of the black bracket on the rear. I just used a 1/2" x 2ft. threaded rod and a hammer to bend the entire tray lip flat, then took a pair of vise grips to the eyelet. Instead of bending the eyelet at the original bend location, I went about halfway up the eyelet before bending it vertical, which was about the center of the hole for the J-hook. This essentially acts as the rear "lip" to keep the battery from sliding toward the rear of the vehicle. The original front and passenger side stops remain, because there was no reason/room to modify them due to the coolant reservoir on the front and the air intake tube on the passenger side. There is also a plastic piece on the driver's side which prevents it from moving. So in the end, it can only slide about half an inch front to rear, and remains motionless side to side just like the original. Take your 500CCA and shove it Honda!
750CCA sure does make it start easier in the record-breaking cold the majority of us have seen this week!
The above pictures I felt were self explanatory. The one immediately above shows the yellow transmission fluid dipstick and the passenger side of the battery & unmodified bracket.
The family fleet just saw a new addition, a 2010 CR-V. The battery was dead before it was even purchased. I'm on a personal vendetta against using a 51R battery on any car EVER again, period. So I took some measurements of the 51R, removed it, removed the plastic tray it was sitting on, then measured both the amount of space I had to work with as well as the space available on the fixed metal tray below. Later I made a trip and took measurements of both a group 35 battery and a group 24(F) battery. I realized there actually is enough space to allow a 24F battery (including height/hood clearance). The only modifications needed were to remove the battery holding bracket & J-hooks and bend the metal tray lip and 'eyelet' that acts as the anchor for the J-hook (toward the firewall/rear of the vehicle), and also 'flare' out the sides of the black bracket on the rear. I just used a 1/2" x 2ft. threaded rod and a hammer to bend the entire tray lip flat, then took a pair of vise grips to the eyelet. Instead of bending the eyelet at the original bend location, I went about halfway up the eyelet before bending it vertical, which was about the center of the hole for the J-hook. This essentially acts as the rear "lip" to keep the battery from sliding toward the rear of the vehicle. The original front and passenger side stops remain, because there was no reason/room to modify them due to the coolant reservoir on the front and the air intake tube on the passenger side. There is also a plastic piece on the driver's side which prevents it from moving. So in the end, it can only slide about half an inch front to rear, and remains motionless side to side just like the original. Take your 500CCA and shove it Honda!
750CCA sure does make it start easier in the record-breaking cold the majority of us have seen this week!
The above pictures I felt were self explanatory. The one immediately above shows the yellow transmission fluid dipstick and the passenger side of the battery & unmodified bracket.
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