Check at Wal-Mart and at Home Depot. My last battery was $130 at Home Depot, no core required, so I sold the old battery for $40 to the local metal recycle place.

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M. Dillon
'87 124.193 (300TD) "White Whale", ~392k miles, 3.5l IP fitted
'95 124.131 (E300) "Sapphire", 380k miles
'73 Balboa 20 "Sanctification"
Charleston SC

Interesting. There was a core at HD when I bought a group 78. Believe it was $15.

A 49 is heavy enough that not taking the core refund can be a good idea for a few bucks. But I’ve seen core fees as high as $22.

Napa sells Deka batteries and I prefer them and Exide to any JCI batteries since that all got offshores to Mexico. IMO/E the exide leaking thing was old news due to overtorquing and not applying dielectric grease. A little prevention and they’re great. And USA made. I’ve had multiple JCI batteries go south on me too fast.

I’m also a fan of the white MB Battery if they still make it...

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