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

[William J]

 I like hearing you and your son are working on a project , me I'm just 
trying to keep the one car I have drivable which is more difficult as time 
goes on.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Bobsnotch at aol.com>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] I must be losing my mind , Interstate battery content


> 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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