[T3] I must be losing my mind , Interstate battery content

[William J]

 Bob :

  What I meant to say was they way things are made today I've reached the 
point where I have to check everything . Just like all parts many get to 
either rebuilt their VW engines or ties rod ends . People working at these 
parts houses don't seem to know much at all. Now I check the level which 
this last time allowed me to see the one was leaking .

 Even though I knew better Autozone just telling me if I remove the caps 
they will break so I didn't try until after the battery just quit level was 
well below the plates and they came right off . I hadn't bought a battery in 
years and even though they looked the same as far as the 2 caps plus working 
at ford dealers if a battery died they were more into selling or prorating 
so no one working there checked not like years ago .

 I got my batteris from the ford dealership all were interstate rebranded 
autolight /motorcraft and I killed one by not checking the level . Realized 
one day when I connected a shop battery jumper and the one cap blew off 
that they were removable .

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William J" <catnine09 at dslextreme.com>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] I must be losing my mind , Interstate battery content


> On Interstates and autozone batteries they lazor a 5 letter and number 
> code on the top near one corner A = Jan b feb and so on the second is a 
> numer 5 is 2015 7 2016 . They only place the round sticker for when they 
> charge them.
> I never checked the autozone one I got in 2009 ever yet listened to them 
> saying you never need to add water that's what killed it . Now I don't 
> risk it and check the date , make certain they are full by removing the 2 
> caps and check the voltage and all 3 interstates needed some charging 2 
> more that the second one.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Bobsnotch at aol.com>
> To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 6:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [T3] I must be losing my mind , Interstate battery content
>
>
>> In a message dated 7/17/2017 6:53:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> catnine09 at dslextreme.com writes:
>>
>> >> I always thought it was date of manufacture. My son bought a new 
>> >> battery
>> for his Square (the Bones) from O'Reilly's. We tried starting the car a 
>> few
>> times, and eventually stopped and put the battery on an automatic 
>> charger,
>> and left it overnight. The next day it was still pulling about 6 amps on 
>> the
>> charger, but what was in the battery was enough for us to fire up the 
>> car.
>> Once  we were done playing with it (re-setting the timing), we hooked up
>> the charger  again and left it on overnight. The next day the charger 
>> said it
>> was charged. We  never put a VOM on it, so I don't know how dead the new
>> battery was when he got  it (it barely turned the engine over), but I've 
>> run
>> into several that needed to  spend some time on a charger before use. 
>> Just to
>> finish the original thought,  the battery's been fine since, but we still
>> never put a VOM on it.
>>
>> Bob 65 Notch  w/Factory Sunroof converted to  IRS
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