Well Jon,
I suggest you get the best battery that you can from now on. There's
batteries out there with 7-year warranties. They are expensive but if it
dies they'll replace it for free or minimal charge. I had one in my last
truck and had it replaced for free after 5 years of snow-plowing. And
there's not much out there that is as hard on a battery as operating a plow
and a salt spreader for 5 months of the year.
Anyways, you get what you pay for right?
Frank WJ
>From: "Jon Winkelhake" <jon_w@tjhale.com>
>>O.K. Dakkers, I have a general question. I went out to start my Dak the
>other day, when low & behold the battery was dead! Didn't leave the lights
>on, it ran fine the day before, and the voltmeter on the dash was straight
>up in the middle where it always is. No problem, had a new one put in and
>all is fine.......well sort of.
> This is now the THIRD battery I've had to replace in the truck, in only
>67,000 miles! The (factory) original went south after only a year of
>driving
>highway miles, and the second one that just quit made it about 4 years. Now
>I'm on my third, and starting to wonder if this is a case of a bad string
>of
>batteries, or if anyone else out there has had the same problems?
> FYI - Up until recently, the truck (unfortunately) has never been garaged
>(my wife & I have always had an apartment), and when we got married we
>moved
>to Chicago, so it's been through 4 winters there, outside the whole time.
>Since we've been in Milwaukee, we've had it in underground parking now. Any
>input would be helpful!
>
>Jon W. (jon _w@tjhale.com)
>'94 CC SLT V6 5sp
>
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