New battery time!
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New battery time!
Costco was my friend. I had to cut three of the four clamp bolts though. Looking back I should have peeked under the plastic covers before filling the garage while looking for bolts that would work.
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Question for the OP.......Three of what four clamps?........What plastic covers?.........What were you filling your garage with while looking for bolts?.......And what the heck does any of this have to do with batteries???....LOL!!
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Batteries on sale at Costco, filled garage with pickup to change batteries, broke 3 out of 4 bolts on battery terminals, broken pickup in way of finding new bolts.
Thats my take on it!!!
Thats my take on it!!!
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OK......it's starting to make sense now! LOL!!
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Must be real cold where you guys are!(insert smile)
Needed new batteries and bought some at Costco. I didn't bother peeking under the plastic covers over the two positive terminals because I know the batteries are at least eight years old.
Then I stuffed the truck into the garage without making room for the whole truck thinking I would change out batteries in twenty minutes.
The OEM terminal clamp bolts were pretty much welded to the nuts so I cut the bolts and then had to search the garage for something close. I had to do that for three of the four terminal bolts. I found I am surprisingly short of nuts that size in my stash and had to reuse two of the three salvaged nuts from the cut bolts.
Looking back I should have looked under the plastic caps before buying the batteries...
Needed new batteries and bought some at Costco. I didn't bother peeking under the plastic covers over the two positive terminals because I know the batteries are at least eight years old.
Then I stuffed the truck into the garage without making room for the whole truck thinking I would change out batteries in twenty minutes.
The OEM terminal clamp bolts were pretty much welded to the nuts so I cut the bolts and then had to search the garage for something close. I had to do that for three of the four terminal bolts. I found I am surprisingly short of nuts that size in my stash and had to reuse two of the three salvaged nuts from the cut bolts.
Looking back I should have looked under the plastic caps before buying the batteries...
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5 degress is cool, -25 is cold! LOL That is what it has been here for the last week. Starting to warm up now though. LOL
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