well it finally kicked the bucket on me the day after i posted the
message... after inspection of the battery, i noticed a lot of corrosion
around the terminals... so i cleaned the terminals and it works great
now..
ttyl
-- -------------------- Eric Giblock egiblock@hotmail.com student / web designer www.gibsdakota.com ""kevin reimer"" <kwreimer@msn.com> wrote in message news:003801c225b0$c81227a0$8c5def41@kwreimer... > > That is a first sign of battery going bad. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eric Giblock <egiblock@hotmail.com> > To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net> > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 10:03 PM > Subject: DML: Re: Re: batteries > > > > > > what were your signs of going dead ?? > > > > > > when i start my truck it sounds kind of slow... > > > > and the other day i started my truck and turned on the radio (alpine).. > the > > radio had been reset to defaults and lost all my presets.. > > > > should i be concerned ??? > > > > -- > > -------------------- > > Eric Giblock > > egiblock@hotmail.com > > student / web designer > > www.gibsdakota.com > > ""Chuck Robbins"" <intense99dak@cox.net> wrote in message > > news:ag45tj$k50$1@bent.twistedbits.net... > > > > > > Anywhere from several months to several years. Dodge batteries are > > notorious > > > for going bad early, but there's quite a few on the list that have had > > good > > > luck with theirs. I swapped mine out after close to two years after it > was > > > showing signs of going dead. > > > > > > -- > > > Chuck Robbins > > > '99 Dakota Sport > > > intense99dak@cox.net > > > www.intense99dak.com > > > > > > > > > ""Eric Giblock"" <egiblock@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > news:ag4447$ivh$1@bent.twistedbits.net... > > > > > > > > under "normal" wear and tear, how long should the factory battery last > > ??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > -------------------- > > > > Eric Giblock > > > > egiblock@hotmail.com > > > > student / web designer > > > > www.gibsdakota.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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