Well sumbitch.

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Well sumbitch.

April 23, 2006, 06:41:24 PM

Went to start my Thunderbird today for the first time since last october. Battery was dead (I mean completely dead), so I took it out of the car and put it on a charger. Waited a little while, it was charged, so I take it back out and throw it in the car. I cranked it for a few seconds to circulate some oil and it was already starting to slow down just from that :disappoin So I figure I might as well get it started, I start it and it's running really rough, so I shut it off to check the plug wires and such. After that it wouldn't even crank over enough to restart

thing! Well, it was due up for a new battery anyway, but I didn't think it was THAT bad.

I swear if it's not one thing, it's another...

Well sumbitch.

Reply #1 – April 23, 2006, 06:45:09 PM

That's what you get for owning a 19 year old car

Well sumbitch.

Reply #2 – April 23, 2006, 06:54:48 PM

Actually that's what I get for having a 5 year old battery

I just found the receipt, I had no idea it was that old! (bought it in dec 2001, used to be in my Mustang) On the plus side, since I found my receipt, the battery is prorated for 72 months so I'll at least get a little bit off the price of the new battery :)

Well sumbitch.

Reply #3 – April 23, 2006, 06:58:14 PM

Well then that's good. I just replaced the battery in my Tbird. It was a 60 month Exide.....that was put in the car in 1998. It finally died:hick:

Well sumbitch.

Reply #4 – April 23, 2006, 08:47:31 PM

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Actually that's what I get for having a 5 year old battery

It's not that the battery is 5 years old. It's five years old AND sat for 6 months.

My current battery was put in the car in Feb of '99 and has a 7 year guarantee. It's 2 months past it so it should out on me ant day now!:hick:

Well sumbitch.

Reply #5 – April 23, 2006, 09:15:49 PM

The Optima in Layla is 6 years old and out-lasted most of the cars it's been in.

Well sumbitch.

Reply #6 – April 23, 2006, 10:06:33 PM

The battery in my dads Chevelle lasted 1 year and a week. Most of which in storage. It wouldnt even charge.

Well sumbitch.

Reply #7 – April 23, 2006, 10:35:39 PM

Actually, it's 5 years old, and it sat for 6 months, and it went dead before i put the car in storage (car sat for 2 weeks and drained the battery somehow), and a few months before that I ran it dead a couple times right after I got my new engine built by cranking it so much. So yeah no wonder.