Re: battery

[matt & stacy sopher <sopher@domain.elided>]

Doesn't the cold have alot to do with that?
Matt Sopher

Daniel Nees wrote:

> Binders,
>    Ugly has been giving me some problems this week starting. In the
> morning when cold he just about starts, kinda a ruunnfff then grabs. If
> I plug in the  heater he isn't so bad. Then monday he was dead and I had
> to jump him, but; he started at work, howbeit it was a rather weak turn
> over. Then yeasterday it was warm and I had no problems. BUT, today when
> I got up to go to work the battery was DEAD. Even the radio stations
> were erased. So after jumping him, he started right up, but; had no
> charge on the ammeter. This afternoon after work, same thing, the radio
> clock and presets were erased and I had to get a jump to come home. Now,
> all the way to work in the morning I had the lights on and radio and fan
> blower with no noticeable discharge of the battery, therefore; I assume
> the truck was running off the alternator. Otherwise the lights would
> have been getting noticable dimmer all the way to work. So I stopped and
> bought a battery at NAPA today. I bolted it up and turned the key and
> Ugly VROOMED to a start. I'm going to go out now and try him again, but;
> I think it was just the battery going bad.
>    What bothers me most, however; is the rapidity that the battery went
> bad. This happened in under a month with very little warning.
>
> Dan Nees
> cookiedan@domain.elided
> The
> "Good" 1979 Scout II
> The
> "Bad" 1971 Scout II
> And the
> "Ugly" 1979 Scout II
>
> http://members.tripod.com/~IHCaholic/scoutindex.html

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1970 Scout 800a  White on white paint
304 V8,all stock 31X10.5 AT on white spokes
black soft top   Big honkin' CB
funky stereo with home speakers
Soon to have a 4"suspension lift
Needs: rollbar, seats, powersteering, stabilizer bar,
       stereo, speakers, drop pitman arm
So if anyone has these stuff and wants to sell.......