Re: Factory Batteries SUCK!

From: WB5OXQ (jim76712@swbell.net)
Date: Sun Mar 31 2002 - 13:39:10 EST


That is correct! I havew put 3 in my 99 R/T. 2 Mopar and the last
Caterpillar (a friend works there and got it at cost. It is very rugged
compared to the plastic ones normally found today.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald Wong" <ron-wong@cox.net>
To: "DML" <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: DML: Factory Batteries SUCK!

>
> Over the past two years I've been listening to everyone whose original
> factory battery has failed. Now I know how it feels. When the battery
> goes, it's not a steady downhill kind of thing. One minute it's working
> great, the next it's deader than a door nail. I mean DEAD!! It went from
> 14.7 volts to 6.5 volts....and the green glow indicator was still
aglowin'.
> For those that check this indicator, it's only for that particular cell.
> The other 5 could already be bad and you wouldn't know it until the truck
> don't start. Good thing I was close to home. I bit the bullet and
replaced
> it with an Optima Red Top....ahhhhhhhhhh no more worries for a long while.
>
> Ron
> 00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
> For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
> http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY
>



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