4000 battery

[Ken DelGrande <kdg@hpfikdg.fc.hp.com>]

Just wondering:  I need to replace the battery in my '86 4000 Quattro, and of
course was told by my good friends at Sears/Wards/wherever that it was a
special size and would run $70 instead of the on sale $34.99.  Right.  Has
anyone out there replaced their battery with a more standard size (using 
2'x4' shims, or whatever is necessary)?

kdg