I have noted something. If the battery is located in the trunk or underneath the floor boards, a typical battery will last 6-7 years. Due to not being exposed to the heat of the engine compartment.
Maybe I’ve been lucky. However, I’m the PIA looking over their shoulder when the batteries are changed. Also, I don’t let anyone but me connect cables to jump someone. I don’t need a fried computerYou'd think! Its really easy to mess it up though - wrong battery, put the ground on the positive and the positive on the ground, or hooking the ground up first then they lay their wrench across the positive terminal and some grounded part on the car...
I'm not immune and I've had a couple booboos, and I (or rather, my company) paid for more "booboos" by new employees than I'd have liked.
For common cars, for instance - the Group 24 battery. Some older Hondas and Toyotas use that battery. Then there's the 24F/24R. Identical size, but terminal orientation is reversed. Same with the Group 35 and Group 25 - identical casings and specs usually, but the 25 and 35 swap terminal positions.
And there's a reason why you unhook the ground first, and install it last. Some cars are more sensitive than others to the voltage spikes that can occur. We flat out stopped working on SAABs because of their stupidly easy nature to zap with a less than perfect battery swap and weird electrical engineering.
A lot (or maybe all) Chrysler products have the battery located either in the trunk or in the wheel well. It will be a PIA to change the battery in my Son's 2013 Challenger. You either have to remove the front bumper shroud or the left front wheel to get at it. I don't think I'd want the counter clerk at Auto zone doing that.I have noted something. If the battery is located in the trunk or underneath the floor boards, a typical battery will last 6-7 years. Due to not being exposed to the heat of the engine compartment.
A lot (or maybe all) Chrysler products have the battery located either in the trunk or in the wheel well. It will be a PIA to change the battery in my Son's 2013 Challenger. You either have to remove the front bumper shroud or the left front wheel to get at it. I don't think I'd want the counter clerk at Auto zone doing that.
A lot (or maybe all) Chrysler products have the battery located either in the trunk or in the wheel well. It will be a PIA to change the battery in my Son's 2013 Challenger. You either have to remove the front bumper shroud or the left front wheel to get at it. I don't think I'd want the counter clerk at Auto zone doing that.
Maybe I’ve been lucky. However, I’m the PIA looking over their shoulder when the batteries are changed. Also, I don’t let anyone but me connect cables to jump someone. I don’t need a fried computer
Yep! Although you can usually re-code the car for lead-acid.A new car spec'd for AGM can only use an AGM... Put a lead acid into a vehicle spec'd for AGM and watch it burn out the battery and maybe the alternator.
The Walmart MAXX everstart and the Orilly Superstart premium are high rated batteries according to consumer reports. Dont cheap out always buy the premium of the brand . the warranty is longer it it is always heavier the the cheaper counterpart
Yep! Although you can usually re-code the car for lead-acid.
A lot of shops need to up their game thenA lot of shops don't have that ability.
A lot of shops need to up their game then
If my cheap Foxwell can do it, a pro-grade scanner definitely can.
Definitely nothing wrong in specializing like that. Not many of those old school folks left.He specialized in old stuff, and didn't *need* it
While I agree, I had an anomaly. Bought a cheap 6 month warranty recycled battery for my Craftsman riding lawnmower at a local service station when I was in a bind. The battery was 6 years old and still running when I sold it. Mower sat in the garage and I would start it or trickle charge maybe 2 times during the off season of Nov - Feb. I should have load tested it to see where the numbers fell but I never did.Never buy a cheap battery! Lead acid batteries life is dependent on the PURITY of the lead!
New lead is very pure, and a LOT more expensive than recycled lead. Recycled lead is what is used in short warranty batteries.