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11-24-2006, 08:27 PM
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Battery help
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postarama
Join Date: Aug 2003
City: Jackson
State: Mississippi
Posts: 24,136
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Looking for suggestions on new batteries...mine is all but gone. Left the car parked for about 3 days, came back and it's dead as a doornail. So, what batteries do you guys suggest?'
Btw, had the battery checked, I have a bad cell, it will crank now, but I can't leave it sitting for very long.
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Mine:
-87 ranger- broke
-03 SB Cobra vert- 2552 of 5082 Born 02/25/03
Our's:
90 7up vert - new project
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11-24-2006, 08:40 PM
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Re: Battery help
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milf hunter
Join Date: Apr 2005
City: Baton Rouge
State: Louisiana
Posts: 5,036
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i still have the stocker in my car...............seems to work fine, goin on 3 yrs, no corrosion either 
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11-24-2006, 08:41 PM
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Re: Battery help
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milf hunter
Join Date: Apr 2005
City: Baton Rouge
State: Louisiana
Posts: 5,036
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built to last.............duralast /catchy tune
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11-24-2006, 08:42 PM
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Re: Battery help
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postarama
Join Date: Aug 2003
City: Jackson
State: Mississippi
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I still have the stocker in my car...2002...84k miles. Looking at the optima red top.
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"I'm not driving too fast...just flying too low"
Mine:
-87 ranger- broke
-03 SB Cobra vert- 2552 of 5082 Born 02/25/03
Our's:
90 7up vert - new project
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11-24-2006, 08:44 PM
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Re: Battery help
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milf hunter
Join Date: Apr 2005
City: Baton Rouge
State: Louisiana
Posts: 5,036
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built to last...........duralast
/catchy tune again
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11-24-2006, 10:25 PM
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Re: Battery help
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Training to be a cage fighter
Join Date: Jul 2005
City: South Bay
State: California
Posts: 882
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Get a dyna-batt. If you search you can find one for your car for around $90.00
They have like a 10 year guarantee on them and some of them only weigh around 13 pounds and take up less space under the hood.
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11-24-2006, 11:01 PM
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Re: Battery help
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Greenville
State: Texas
Posts: 5,112
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I'd either get the Optima or find out who makes the factory Ford batteries, and get one of them. I believe they are labeled as being "Motorcraft", but I'm sure another manufacturer actually makes them, just like everything else.
I've seen factory batteries last ridiculous periods of time.
I'd also recommend whatever kind of battery it is I have in my '90 (I'm not really sure). It was in my '91 when I bought it. It already looked old at the time (I'd guess 5 years?). That was four years ago and probably a good 50k miles. It has a little corrosion on the terminals (always has since I've had it), but it still cranks every single time. I'll try to remember to look tomorrow and see what brand it is.
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11-24-2006, 11:53 PM
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Re: Battery help
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
State: South Carolina
Posts: 3,747
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I must agree with Mr. Bunt. My dads 97 F-150 has around 170,000 miles and is over 10 years old, and it still has the same battery it came from the factory with and the truck starts as good as it ever did. |
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11-26-2006, 02:29 AM
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Re: Battery help
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postarama
Join Date: Aug 2003
City: Jackson
State: Mississippi
Posts: 24,136
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Well I dunno if I just ended up with a bad battery or what...my factory motorcraft battery turned to crap. I know it's my system, and my former system that did it in, which is why I'm looking at something with higher cranking amps (like the optima) to solve this problem in the future. Just spending 180 on a battery is not sounding appealing right now.
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"I'm not driving too fast...just flying too low"
Mine:
-87 ranger- broke
-03 SB Cobra vert- 2552 of 5082 Born 02/25/03
Our's:
90 7up vert - new project
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