Tomorrow, I'll be picking up this LHS that's been sitting for several months. The battery is dead. (Tried charging it, and was able to start it, but still dead after driving several miles.)

I remembered seeing that the battery is not exposed under the hood like in MOST cars, and I forgot to check the owner's manual in the vehicle, so I'm not sure the instructions to remove/install the battery are there, so, could I ask this esteemed group how to do this?

 

turn the steering wheel all the way to the right remove the 1/4 screws from the wheel well area for the battery cover open hood remove air filter housing undo mount for battery undo + cable end pull battery toward tire undo _ cable then u can slide the battery out side ways and through the wheel and fender.

 

How does one remove the air filter housing? There appear to be three connection points; two to the side of the vehicle (these are two holes in the housing that lead to the side), but using a phillips screwdriver does not "find" the screw. The single connection point closest to the radiator looks like it should just pop right off, but it's not budging after a fair amount of tugging.

 

May need a little soapy water as lube, will pop right out of grommet...

 

Thanks FIREM,

I found this on wikiAnswers before I saw your reply; posting here for future reference:I will say it took a fair amount of tugging to get this off. Probably didn't help that it's 20 degrees outside and the housing probably hasn't been pulled off in years, possibly never.