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

Bobsnotch at aol.com Bobsnotch at aol.com
Tue Jul 18 20:08:35 PDT 2017


In a message dated 7/18/2017 1:13:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
catnine09 at dslextreme.com writes:

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 .
 
Oh, I don't blame you for checking, especially since it's your only  
car/transportation. In Rob's case (my son) , he's got 2 other vehicles, IF he  
really needed something. Or, he could also get a hold of me if he needed  
something to drive, as I've got a few sitting around here too. But, in  our case, 
we were trying to get an engine (and car) to run that hadn't fired off  in 
a while. His car had been a runner, but we tore it down, and did a bunch of  
revision work. then we added a slightly larger engine (a small 1.7 liter 
T-4  engine out of a 914-4) that had not been ran in years (on my end and 
Keith had  stored it as well). 
We changed a bunch of stuff including the trans axle and the rear subframe  
(converted the swing axle to IRS with bolt on T-3 parts), and this combo 
had  never been ran together. He had re-used his starter, but the engine 
barely  turned over on a new Walmart battery, so we changed the starter, and it 
didn't  help. Got the new battery from O'Reilly's, and it turned over, but 
felt that it  was dragging/battery was low on charge. Charged it up, and it's 
been good to go. 
I know we should have been testing things, but we had 4 days to get the car 
 up and running for him to take to our annual "cruise night" (I was still 
working  on the wiring Sunday, and we changed an alt belt right before he 
left since it  broke). We still have plans on getting it ready to go to the 
2018 T-3  Invasion. In fact he's been sandblasting and I've been slicking the 
car in  preparation for paint. This is a side project for me, that's been 
eating up time  I should be using elsewhere, but it's my kids goal to take the 
car to it's 2nd  Invasion (he and his wife and it attended the 2008 T-3 
Invasion (he's had the  car since 2002)), where it won Artist's choice" award in 
it's first outing.  Keith gave Rob a hard time for it being so modified, 
but the truth was it was  closer to being "stock" than Keith's 65 Notch. And 
now, it's even more  correct. :O
Sorry for getting off tangent. 

Bob 65 Notch  w/Factory Sunroof converted to  IRS
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