Batteries?
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I tend to lean towards a Group 24 or 35 battery. A quick search on NAPA and O'reilly shows 24F and 35.
A 27 would still fit no problem though. It's roughly 2 inches longer than the others.
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A 27 would still fit no problem though. It's roughly 2 inches longer than the others.
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Heck, I just built an 8 cell Li-Po A123 compact battery for my motorcycle. Weighs 1.5 pounds and has the same cranking power as the old 10 pound 12BS lead-acid battery.
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Interstate, I know makes the John Deere brand batteries.
Johnson Controls makes a ton of batteries, like Motorcraft.
There are really only a handfull of "true" large scale battery companies.
Quick Google search netted this Battery Manufacturers and Brand Names List
Don't know the validity of that list, but it is interesting nonetheless. I would tend to think with some re-badged batteries (like Walmart) they get their batches from whoever has the supply and lowest bid. So some are Exide, some are JC and some are Delphi.
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From the 1960's into the 1980's, Exide made Auto-Lite/Motorcraft & Diehard (Sears) batteries.
At one time, don't recall the year (I think it was in the early '80's), the Exide battery plant burned to the ground.
No Motorcraft batteries were available for 6 months. FoMoCo Dealers had no other choice, so bought batteries from autoparts stores. Dunno what Sears did.
btw: Thru the 1980's, all Ford service part replacement batteries were dry (unlike today, as AFAIK, all are wet). Dealers had water heater sized cannisters that contained battery acid.
When a battery was sold, the partsguy donned goggles and rubber gloves (if the dealer had any-most did not
), then filled the battery with acid...breathing the fumes in the process.
At one time, don't recall the year (I think it was in the early '80's), the Exide battery plant burned to the ground.
No Motorcraft batteries were available for 6 months. FoMoCo Dealers had no other choice, so bought batteries from autoparts stores. Dunno what Sears did.
btw: Thru the 1980's, all Ford service part replacement batteries were dry (unlike today, as AFAIK, all are wet). Dealers had water heater sized cannisters that contained battery acid.
When a battery was sold, the partsguy donned goggles and rubber gloves (if the dealer had any-most did not
), then filled the battery with acid...breathing the fumes in the process.
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btw: Thru the 1980's, all Ford service part replacement batteries were dry (unlike today, as AFAIK, all are wet). Dealers had water heater sized cannisters that contained battery acid.
When a battery was sold, the partsguy donned goggles and rubber gloves (if the dealer had any-most did not), then filled the battery with acid...breathing the fumes in the process.
When a battery was sold, the partsguy donned goggles and rubber gloves (if the dealer had any-most did not
), then filled the battery with acid...breathing the fumes in the process.Josh
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