Good morning! I'm searching for a replacement battery hold down bar for a 2006 Ranger XLT in order to pass a state inspection. I've been using a bungee cord for the last couple of years to hold the battery down but my local garage will not pass my yearly state inspection as he says this isn't properly secured. Ive been doing some looking around online and have found a bunch of different hold down bars, bolts, adaptors, etc. but nothing that seems to fit my truck/battery tray. So now I'm here asking the true experts! Has anyone had the same problem? Do I need to just replace the entire tray? I did find a replacement tray for sale on the website 'fordpartsgiant'. If I do have to go that route, it looks like I will need to remove the battery and the tray will bolt to the frame underneath the battery. I took a picture of the tray with the holes where I believe the battery hold down bolts used to be for reference. I have additional pictures if that helps. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

A quick back story: I bought this truck from a private seller two and a half years ago. It's a little beat up but it seemed like the mechanics are all pretty strong. I found out after the fact that the truck was pretty rusted underneath but so far she seems to be holding up pretty strong. Because of this, I was told not to dump a lot of money into this beast but I do want to make her last as long as possible. This is my second Ranger and I love these trucks! At the moment, she has around 120K miles and would love to get another 80K minimum. I just had a new set of tires put on. I do my own oil changes and other simple maintenance to my vehicle and am looking to get a little more involved. I have a friend who works on cars for a hobby and he is going to show me some things that should be done at this point one of these weekends (spark plugs, etc). I'm looking forward to becoming a little more mechanically inclined.

 

should be a plastic wedge and bolt
https://www.carparts.com/details/For...6vhppMFvhuwG3Q

 

Okay, I saw this but didn't think it would work because I didn't see a hole where the bolt would go and the old hold down wedge is missing. I just checked and the hole has a bolt stuck in it so it must've sheared off at some point. I'll have to figure out how to get that out. I'll be back here if I need any further assistance. Thank you!

 

Use the short bolt in the kit if there's room for you to put your hands next to the battery.




If there's no room to reach down beside the battery, use the long bolt.