How To Replace Battery 1984-96 Chevy Corvette
Created on: 2013-08-02
If the battery is corroded or dead, this video will show what the proper steps are to safely replace it
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step 1 :Removing the Battery
- Loosen the 10mm bolt in the bottom of the body panel
- Remove three T30 Torx screws from the body panel
- Remove the 10mm bolt from the top of the panel
- Pull off the panel
- Remove the 13mm bolt from the battery hold down
- Remove the negative battery cable with an 8mm wrench
- Remove the positive battery cable with a 16mm wrench
- Lift the battery up and out
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step 2 :Installing the Battery
- Put the batter into place
- Connect the positive battery cable with a 16mm wrench
- Connect the negative battery cable with an 8mm wrench
- Insert the 13mm bolt into the battery hold down
- Put on the body panel
- Insert the 10mm bolt into the body panel
- Insert the three T30 screws into the panel
- Tighten the 10mm bolt in the bottom of the body panel
Tools needed
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13mm Socket
Socket Extensions
16mm Wrench
T30 Driver
8mm Wrench
10mm Wrench
Ratchet
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In this video, we're going to show you how to remove and reinstall a battery on a 1985 Corvette. It should be about the same for any '84 to '96 Corvette.
The tools you'll need are 10 millimeter wrench, a T30 Torx driver, a 13 millimeter socket with a ratchet and a long extension, an 8 millimeter wrench, and a 16 millimeter wrench.
It's located behind the left wheel. You go down below, that's a 10 millimeter bolt right there at the bottom of that panel. Use a 10 millimeter wrench, an open-end 10 millimeter wrench and loosen up that bolt a couple of turns. You do not want to remove it all the way, you just want to loosen it up. There are three Torx T30 screws that you need to remove. I'm just going to fast forward here as we remove those three screws. There's another 10 millimeter bolt at the top of the panel that you want to remove. I'll fast forward while we do that.
A 13 millimeter bolt holds the battery hold down. We'll fast forward here as we use a 13 millimeter socket, a ratchet and the extension to remove that bolt. Use an 8 millimeter wrench or a socket and ratchet to remove the negative battery cable first. For our positive cable, use the 16 millimeter wrench. I'm not sure if that's factory or somebody put an aftermarket bolt in there or something. Either way, use the appropriate type of wrench to disconnect your positive battery cable. After all that, you can remove your old battery.
I'll go through quickly here. Put the battery in, connect the positive battery cable and tighten with a 16 millimeter, connect the negative battery cable, tighten with an 8 millimeter, put the battery hold down bracket in and tighten that bolt. It's a 13 millimeter. Then put the side panel back on and put the top bolt in. It's a 10 millimeter. Tighten that up. Insert the three Torx bolts, T30 Torx bolts, and tighten them up, and then tighten up the 10 millimeter bolt underneath, and you're all set.
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