Re: Battery

Posted by HH56 On 2017/5/18 20:11:33

If you do mean 46 senior, 41-50 Clipper style bodies use the long 19+ inch Gr 2E or a 3EH battery. Napa has one 3EH and Tractor Supply sells an Exide 3EH. Both are 1000 CCA. One thing to watch on the 3EH batteries is the width at 4 3/8 or 4 1/4 respectively. They are slightly wider than the 2E which is 4 1/8. The Napa 2E is only 770 CCA so that is a bit of an issue for the senior 356 engine and most have gone with the larger battery.

Just be aware the 46 hold down may have a fit problem you choose a 3EH. I had to widen my 47 hold down to get it over the battery and so have others. It appears Packard widened them at some point -- maybe for 22nd series -- and some have had no issues installing the wider batteries so your hold down might have been changed and be OK too.