Battery Removal

tmjohansen · 07-18-2012, 06:59 PM

I need to remove the battery from my Z and notice it is some what of a process. Does anyone know, are the plastic pieces that go over the windshield adhered to the window in any way?

TreeSemdyZee · 07-18-2012, 08:08 PM

Nope.
Here's the how-to sheet.
(Thanks to rhd for the link)
http://www.the370z.com/attachments/d...moval-cowl.pdf

tmjohansen · 07-19-2012, 06:33 PM

I can't seem to get the wiper arms off. The bolt was stubborn but got it off... Do you just pull on the arm?

EazyD · 07-19-2012, 10:57 PM

Wait, I need an exploded diagram to replace my battery????

tmjohansen · 07-20-2012, 12:13 AM

I think you have to be a fully certified car builder...Not a ideal location.

Strangler · 07-20-2012, 01:23 AM

Wow, removing a battery couldn't be THAT hard can it?

tmjohansen · 07-20-2012, 02:37 PM

You wouldn't expect it to, but going in not expecting it and while the diagram helps... it is still more than should be required.

NuffZed · 07-20-2012, 08:09 PM

While this is a bit off topic it is about battery removal woes...

Going back a few years a friend of mine had a C4 vette as did I at the time. He asks me one Sunday to drop by and assist him with getting the battery out. The C4 battery was located on the driver side behind the wheel in that huge engine bay those cars had. Located right over the battery was the master cylinder and a few other goodies preventing easily lifting it out.

I arrive to find the brakes have been bled and he is starting to get the master cylinder off the firewall. I stopped him there, loosened the bolts in the wheel well (30 sec job)that held the small body panel with the gills in it that covered the battery allowing the battery to be slid out sideways.

His wife thought we were both nuts as we laughed our a$$es off for a good ten minutes

I went and picked up the new battery while he put his car back together.

Sorry couldn't find pics to help you see how simple it actually was versus the work he though he had to do

ayrton88 · 07-20-2012, 08:41 PM

Does the wiper arm really have to come off to remove the battery? If so, did you manage to get it off?

tmjohansen · 07-22-2012, 11:34 PM

It does because you have to remove most of the plastic panels that are at the bottom of the windshield. To do this, the wiper arms must come off. Not the greatest engineering in my opinion.

37Z · 07-23-2012, 01:01 PM

The window wiper arms do not have to be removed to change the battery.

The plastic panels do have to be removed on only the passenger side. I have changed out my 370Z car battery without removing the window wipers or the plastic panels on the driver's side. It was an easy removal since the plastic panels are fasten with speed clips.

Most likely, the service manual that you can download from this web site illustrates the location of the speed clips and plastic panels.

tmjohansen · 07-23-2012, 04:48 PM

Well shoot. I followed the directions found in the post above. Is there an easier approach to this? If so, do you have directions for it?

37Z · 07-23-2012, 07:59 PM

no need to remove the center/driver side cowl plastic piece...just remove the plastice speed clips that fasten this section of thte cowl to the vehicle. You must remove the passenger side cowl piece though.

Pelican170 · 12-04-2012, 02:54 PM

up above is correct. I did this over the weekend. took about 5 minutes. you do not need to remove anything but the pieces on the passenger side and definitely not the wiper arms...

ZOperaMan · 12-04-2012, 11:14 PM

I also replaced the battery recently. Only removed the battery cover - 3, the "hoodledge cover RH - 5," and the "cowl top cover RH - 1," as they're referred to in the diagram. It wasn't necessary to remove the last item completely, as I recall. I did need to tilt the battery a bit forward to lift it out after removing the hold-down bracket.

07-18-2012, 06:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
tmjohansen Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Omaha,NE Posts: 230 Drives: 40th Anniversary Z Rep Power: 15	Battery Removal I need to remove the battery from my Z and notice it is some what of a process. Does anyone know, are the plastic pieces that go over the windshield adhered to the window in any way? __________________ 2010 40th Anniversary 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited Nebraska Huskers Boston Red Sox

07-18-2012, 08:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
TreeSemdyZee Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kentuck-IANA Age: 60 Posts: 4,885 Drives: '09 370 & ‘14 Juke Rep Power: 27408	Nope. Here's the how-to sheet. (Thanks to rhd for the link) http://www.the370z.com/attachments/d...moval-cowl.pdf sexZness and Zrider79 like this.

07-19-2012, 06:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
tmjohansen Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Omaha,NE Posts: 230 Drives: 40th Anniversary Z Rep Power: 15	I can't seem to get the wiper arms off. The bolt was stubborn but got it off... Do you just pull on the arm? __________________ 2010 40th Anniversary 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited Nebraska Huskers Boston Red Sox Last edited by tmjohansen; 07-19-2012 at 06:43 PM.

07-19-2012, 10:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
EazyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 1,211 Drives: 2010 6MT Sport pkg. Rep Power: 26	Wait, I need an exploded diagram to replace my battery???? __________________ Pearl White 2010 370Z Sport, Stillen CBE, tint, K&N drop-in filters, GT-R start button, Kenwood DNX-6980 with backup cam, LED bulbs, Raceseng shift knob.

07-20-2012, 12:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
tmjohansen Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Omaha,NE Posts: 230 Drives: 40th Anniversary Z Rep Power: 15	I think you have to be a fully certified car builder...Not a ideal location. __________________ 2010 40th Anniversary 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited Nebraska Huskers Boston Red Sox

07-20-2012, 01:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
Strangler Enthusiast Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: CA Posts: 260 Drives: 10 370z Touring 6MT Rep Power: 15	Wow, removing a battery couldn't be THAT hard can it?

07-20-2012, 02:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
tmjohansen Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Omaha,NE Posts: 230 Drives: 40th Anniversary Z Rep Power: 15	You wouldn't expect it to, but going in not expecting it and while the diagram helps... it is still more than should be required. __________________ 2010 40th Anniversary 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited Nebraska Huskers Boston Red Sox

07-20-2012, 08:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
NuffZed Base Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 105 Drives: 12 370ZR Blk Rose M6 Rep Power: 13	While this is a bit off topic it is about battery removal woes... Going back a few years a friend of mine had a C4 vette as did I at the time. He asks me one Sunday to drop by and assist him with getting the battery out. The C4 battery was located on the driver side behind the wheel in that huge engine bay those cars had. Located right over the battery was the master cylinder and a few other goodies preventing easily lifting it out. I arrive to find the brakes have been bled and he is starting to get the master cylinder off the firewall. I stopped him there, loosened the bolts in the wheel well (30 sec job)that held the small body panel with the gills in it that covered the battery allowing the battery to be slid out sideways. His wife thought we were both nuts as we laughed our a$$es off for a good ten minutes I went and picked up the new battery while he put his car back together. Sorry couldn't find pics to help you see how simple it actually was versus the work he though he had to do

07-20-2012, 08:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
ayrton88 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 397 Drives: 2010 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 14	Does the wiper arm really have to come off to remove the battery? If so, did you manage to get it off?

07-22-2012, 11:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
tmjohansen Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Omaha,NE Posts: 230 Drives: 40th Anniversary Z Rep Power: 15	It does because you have to remove most of the plastic panels that are at the bottom of the windshield. To do this, the wiper arms must come off. Not the greatest engineering in my opinion. __________________ 2010 40th Anniversary 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited Nebraska Huskers Boston Red Sox

07-23-2012, 01:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
37Z Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 476 Drives: 370Z MB 6M -sold Rep Power: 263	Battery Removal The window wiper arms do not have to be removed to change the battery. The plastic panels do have to be removed on only the passenger side. I have changed out my 370Z car battery without removing the window wipers or the plastic panels on the driver's side. It was an easy removal since the plastic panels are fasten with speed clips. Most likely, the service manual that you can download from this web site illustrates the location of the speed clips and plastic panels. 370Zsteve, ajc1884 and Smashley like this.

07-23-2012, 04:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
tmjohansen Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Omaha,NE Posts: 230 Drives: 40th Anniversary Z Rep Power: 15	Well shoot. I followed the directions found in the post above. Is there an easier approach to this? If so, do you have directions for it? __________________ 2010 40th Anniversary 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited Nebraska Huskers Boston Red Sox

07-23-2012, 07:59 PM	#13 (permalink)
37Z Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 476 Drives: 370Z MB 6M -sold Rep Power: 263	370Z Battery Removal no need to remove the center/driver side cowl plastic piece...just remove the plastice speed clips that fasten this section of thte cowl to the vehicle. You must remove the passenger side cowl piece though. ajc1884 likes this.

12-04-2012, 02:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
Pelican170 Track Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sandy Hook, CT Posts: 972 Drives: Nissan 370z Nismo Rep Power: 16	up above is correct. I did this over the weekend. took about 5 minutes. you do not need to remove anything but the pieces on the passenger side and definitely not the wiper arms... 370Zsteve likes this. __________________ Fast Intentions CF Exhaust - Fast Intentions HFC's - HPS Tubes w/ AFE Dry Flow Filter's

12-04-2012, 11:14 PM	#15 (permalink)
ZOperaMan Base Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 82 Drives: 09 TT370z Yellow 6MT Rep Power: 15	I also replaced the battery recently. Only removed the battery cover - 3, the "hoodledge cover RH - 5," and the "cowl top cover RH - 1," as they're referred to in the diagram. It wasn't necessary to remove the last item completely, as I recall. I did need to tilt the battery a bit forward to lift it out after removing the hold-down bracket.

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