No, it's not a problem. Infact, I had forgotten there ever was a box...mine had been gone for 8 years! Wow! If the battery is shorter you may have to modify your clamps somehow. I actually cut mine and rebent them, but some people use washers on the top so the nuts don't run out of thread.
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ChuckH
"Every morning when I wake up I know it's not going to get any better 'til I go back to sleep again!" Al Bundy