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Our Canadian Tire Eliminator battery is a size 49(H8) with 850CCA. It had 3yr full replacement warranty and 9 years pro-rated. Original cost C$139, new version now C$289! It has recovered well! Hopefully provide a few more years of service. Our Walmart has closed it's auto shop. They still had some batteries on the shelf last time I was there, but no automotive service desk. I have cleaned up and painted the battery trays on my cars a couple of times. I use a paint much like POR-15. On my 107, I closed off all the holes in the tray after refinishing. - I had a hole in the firewall below! Ideally battery would be in a plastic box like we use on boats. Cheers and thanks for the input.
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I've been getting good service out of the Wallymart batteries, some place I bought an AGM that has 900CCA .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better |
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Turn on your headlights for 5 minutes… Then crank without using the glow plugs. Then shut it off, and try to restart… Winter is tough on these batteries, the glow system can deplete a damaged battery, leaving you stranded. Don’t take a chance. Get a new battery ASAP.
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! ![]() 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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I did go out and do a load test and it 'just' stayed in the green 'good' zone for the rated CCA despite it being not much above freezing out there. I put the battery on the smart charger after two load tests and it is charging at only 0.5A indicating almost fully charged. Your post did alert me to keep an eye on it and to drive it a bit more. Being retired, it's not a regular daily driver ![]() ![]() ![]()
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My electrical engineering friend retired from the aerospace industry says that every complete discharge takes 1 yr off battery life.
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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. Probably up for sale in the fall 2020 still have it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Waiting on shop to do minor but more than I can do rust. |
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In my past, I did a lot of offshore sailboat racing. Our boats, for weight reasons, had just one starting battery. Everything ran off that battery. Overnight, we would have running lights and multiple instruments on continually. By the time we finished a race, the battery would not start the engine. Some engines, we could start by hand cranking. Other times we had to sail (carefully) into our slip. Same sailboat battery would normally be fully charged and left on boat over 6 months of Canadian winter. Batteries used that harsh way generally would last 5 or 6 years. If the battery voltage was very low, marine smart chargers would sense the low voltage and not even start to charge. Hooking dead battery in parallel with a good battery while charging would usually get things going! Using an old fashioned charger that didn't know the difference sometimes also worked. Or, as I described earlier for dead battery on 300D, using a modern small smart trickle charger to get to point where larger starter will take over can work depending on the charger. I am sure none of this is good for the battery and no doubt reduces it's life. The positive in my recent 300D experience was that only one small dome light was on, so discharge was slow. Apparently less likely to seriously damage battery than a quick higher discharge due to internal heat. My battery is working fine at present and starts car easily after sitting overnight at around freezing temperatures as well as on subsequent starts. But, I will be keeping a close eye on it! This article may be of interest (you don't really need their Battery Extra device) https://www.recovermybatteries.com/batterybasics1.html
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