<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588">
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Has anyone ever had a battery leak? This is a
first for me. I know others have had rusted out floors mine was not ,just
surface rust. Also read some cleaned off surface rust and painted the area with
some special type of paint. </FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT> I checked the level and the cell
closest to the neg terminal was a little lower than the others . I added enough
then placed a light near the area and saw that white crust about 3" oval
right near the neg cable area on the floor pan . Still having the battery out I
checked to see where the leak was and could see a wet area down the corner and
along the seam at the top . I looked at the neg cable post fine then found I
could lift the top corner of the case just a bit tried the pos side and all
around and only the corner at the neg side post I could clearly see it could
move so it's not sealed.and saw wet in the tops seam and down the corner of the
case side . The level was not low enough so the plates were still covered .
The charging system is 14.2 volts at the highest based on a DVOM and analog .
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">I scraped
off most of it yet I know there is still acid there . It was a dry white
corrosion about 1/16" thick . I just mixed baking soda and water
into a paste and let it sit a bit then used a small brush to apply. I don't want
to use much water since flushing it all will go everywhere yet I know baking
soda has salt in it . I am not concerned about the bit of surface rust it has I
just want to stop the acid from doing damage that I didn't have before. It did
bubble a bit the first time and I did it 4 times wiping with water soaked cloth
to remove the soda. Then I scraped off any surface rust that was where the
battery sits on the floor pan . It's had this same surface rust since I got the
car and never got worse. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Now I have a 3" oval of bare metal where the
corrosion was with maybe a small area of metal depression about .003" deep from
the acid. It's always had half surface rust and half factory paint . I was just
asking about how ofter people check the level last week. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Firestone did give me a free replacement
MT-42 . I've never had a battery leak since I bought this car in 85 . I
called Interstate and they wanted photo's and want the dealer to send
it back to the manufactuer and said they will compensate for the floor
damage what ever that means. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Once it cools off out in the garage since
it's been close to 100* in there I will get as much rust off and paint the area
. Just some brush on primer might be good enough. </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR></FONT><BR><BR></DIV><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
<table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;">
<tr>
<td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon" target="_blank"><img src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;" /></a></td>
<td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link" target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"> </a></div></BODY></HTML>