Toyota Repair: change Tercel Battery, hook bolt, toyota tercel

Question
HI, Ted,

I have a Toyota Tercel 97. I need to chnage the battery. Could you tell me how to change it by myself(step by step)? Thank you.

Answer
Disconnect the negative battery terminal(10mm nut) remove the positive side terminal, remove the battery hold down bolts, the front one is attached to the radiator support bracket, there is a long bolt with a hook on the rear, loosen the nut but don't remove it all the way, just enough to remove the hook.
Remove the battery, install the new battery, make sure it matches to the old one and do not get the positive and negative sides mixed up, the positive terminal is larger than the negative, connect the terminals and install the hold down bracket, make sure the hook bolt engages in the hole below the battery and the install the other bolt.