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New battery.
I've reached the point in the life span of my battery when 1. The car will crank enthusiastically and fire right up if driven daily, 2. It cranks a bit slowly and hesitates, may take a couple of trys to get it to fire if the car sits for a day 3. It's marginal, maybe a 50/50 chance it'll start at all if it sits two days and 4. Has to be charged or jumped if it sits 3 or more days. Does anyone think I might need a new battery? Me too. <sigh> I ordered a Westco online, it should be here in 5 - 6 days. RATS! Free shipping but.... I hadda pay sales tax AND they charged me state and city, the warehouse must be in Phoenix? I could have saved a few bucks getting the AutoZone battery but, while they do sell a Miata battery it's apparently no longer an AGM type? Some guy on Ebay has a battery: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2msq8l But it's not an AGM either and I know nothing about them although the price is attractive. Anyway, I done did it and now it's time for everyone to tell me I should have done it differently! <G> -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org |
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New battery.
"XS11E" > wrote
> > I ordered a Westco online, it should be here in 5 - 6 days. > snip > > Anyway, I done did it and now it's time for everyone to tell me I > should have done it differently! <G> > They'll say you should have gotten an Optima red top. I mulled over this a few weeks ago and decided I preferred the "plug-n-play" of the Westco. It's just too damn cold (well it was before yesterday) to stand around out there and cut on the battery base and holding rods. -- Ken Lyons '97 Brilliant Black/'90 Classic Red Inside the Beltway [Remove the first two digits to reply] |
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New battery.
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XS11E > wrote: > Anyway, I done did it and now it's time for everyone to tell me I > should have done it differently! <G> Not me. I like my Westco. -- Lanny Chambers St. Louis, MO '94C |
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New battery.
I had gone with the Auto Zone over a couple of years back. Then last
November 2006, had to exchange it under the Duralast's Gold 3 yr. free exchange. Not sure if it is brand unigue, but I have a suspicion that they do not like the cold of winter very much>>LOL. This year went to J.C. Whitney (Online) and bought this charger/maintainer that I have previously posted about, and loving it. Now it can sit and sit and sit, since IMO the Miata is primarily my fun, good weather, head to the beach car. And when I start it up now, that battery turns over like it is run daily, all the time. |
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New battery.
P.S. teammiata.com is within 25>30 mi. of me, Martinez, Calif, and I
could have driven there and bought a Westco. They try to keep at least one on hand. But Auto Zone is less than 1 mi., much more convenient :-). |
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New battery.
XS11E wrote:
> I've reached the point in the life span of my battery when > > 1. The car will crank enthusiastically and fire right up if driven > daily, > > 2. It cranks a bit slowly and hesitates, may take a couple of trys > to > get it to fire if the car sits for a day > > 3. It's marginal, maybe a 50/50 chance it'll start at all if it sits > two days and > > 4. Has to be charged or jumped if it sits 3 or more days. > > Does anyone think I might need a new battery? > > Me too. <sigh> > > I ordered a Westco online, it should be here in 5 - 6 days. > > RATS! Free shipping but.... I hadda pay sales tax AND they charged > me > state and city, the warehouse must be in Phoenix? > > I could have saved a few bucks getting the AutoZone battery but, > while > they do sell a Miata battery it's apparently no longer an AGM type? > > Some guy on Ebay has a battery: > > http://preview.tinyurl.com/2msq8l > > But it's not an AGM either and I know nothing about them although > the > price is attractive. > > Anyway, I done did it and now it's time for everyone to tell me I > should have done it differently! <G> I loved the Westco in my '90 - I may even still have one in the garage or basement that came out of the '90 before she went to the junkyard. But hopefully the 2004 won't need a battery for at least a couple more years! Iva & Vixen 2004 Classic Red No more winkin' Miata |
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New battery.
XS11E > wrote:
> I've reached the point in the life span of my battery when It D*E*A*D! I tried to start it tonight and it gave a brief gasp and .... nothing. No dash lights, no crank, no nothing. The Westco will arrive Friday according to UPS, unfortunately UPS comes by here very late in the day so it'll be Saturday before I get to install it. Meantime I have to see if it'll take enough charge to start and move the car since it's in the way... :-( -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org |
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New battery.
"pws" > wrote in message ... > Lanny Chambers wrote: >> In article > , >> XS11E > wrote: >> >>> Anyway, I done did it and now it's time for everyone to tell me I should >>> have done it differently! <G> >> >> Not me. I like my Westco. > > Ditto that. I am on my 2nd Westco battery, both have been great. > > Pat On my third Westco. The second one didn't last very long, but the local place I bought it replaced it at no cost even though I had no receipt. There is a sticker on the battery that indicates when it was manufactured and that was good enough for them, |
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Oops, was: New battery.
XS11E > wrote:
> I ordered a Westco online, it should be here in 5 - 6 days. Westco will be here tomorrow according to UPS tracking site. I hoped I could get the old battery to charge enough to move the car, when I tried to hook the charger to it I found the ground strap broken between the battery and the clamp that holds the cable to the body, right above the battery. A quick trip to AutoZone, new ground cable and now the car cranks over like a new battery! The battery is a Mazda one, it looks fairly new. I think I just wasted a whole bunch of money.... <sigh> I should have looked before ordering.... -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org |
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Oops, was: New battery.
On Feb 7, 4:28 pm, XS11E > wrote:
> XS11E > wrote: > > I ordered a Westco online, it should be here in 5 - 6 days. > > Westco will be here tomorrow according to UPS tracking site. > > I hoped I could get the old battery to charge enough to move the car, > when I tried to hook the charger to it I found the ground strap broken > between the battery and the clamp that holds the cable to the body, > right above the battery. > > A quick trip to AutoZone, new ground cable and now the car cranks over > like a new battery! The battery is a Mazda one, it looks fairly new. > > I think I just wasted a whole bunch of money.... <sigh> I should have > looked before ordering.... > > -- > XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups > The Usenet Improvement Project:http://improve-usenet.org Where is this grd strap?? I assume without looking on the negative clamp side??? Maybe you might get one of those charger/maintainers, like the one I got at J.C. Whitney (Specifically for the Miata), and keep that new battery maintained until the day you need it. Was only 29.95 or 29.99, with shipping came to around $38.99. Just see my post about "Charger/Maintainer," for specifics. |
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