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Old 03-30-2012 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by VWandDodge
I have always wondered what the proper nomenclature for those is.
All credit for the technospeak term for it goes to gdstock!
 
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Old 03-30-2012 | 11:46 AM
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Since my work involves government contracts, state and federal agencies, and legislation....it was all I could do to keep from coming up with an acronym!

Let's see.....BHDT! (Battery Hold Down Thinggy!)
 
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Old 03-30-2012 | 11:53 AM
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Ah yes, another fine upstanding member of NASA. National Acronym Society of America.
 
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Old 03-30-2012 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by gdstock
Since my work involves government contracts, state and federal agencies, and legislation....it was all I could do to keep from coming up with an acronym!
Ahhhh haha so true! And the thinking behind most of them is so nonexistent. I hate acronyms purely because of the military.
 
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Old 03-30-2012 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 2x1972
Ahhhh haha so true! And the thinking behind most of them is so nonexistent. I hate acronyms purely because of the military.
Alpha Velveeta Knuckle Underwear, you are cleared for take-off. When you hit that nuclear weapons plant... drop a bomb for me!

Yankee Doodle Floppy Disk, this is Foxtrot Zulu Milkshake, checking in at 700 feet, request permission to land.
 
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Old 03-30-2012 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by VWandDodge
Alpha Velveeta Knuckle Underwear, you are cleared for take-off. When you hit that nuclear weapons plant... drop a bomb for me!

Yankee Doodle Floppy Disk, this is Foxtrot Zulu Milkshake, checking in at 700 feet, request permission to land.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnoPZqC6Bfs


Couldn't find the clip you were quoting
 
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Old 03-30-2012 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by chadhager03
I have a rope now that works great lol
Only until the acid eats through that too.
 
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Old 03-30-2012 | 04:38 PM
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the plastic is completely uneffected by the acid...that why many use plastic tubs to house the acids... you could have just used plastic epoxy or a plastic welding kit as well.... depending on how old the battery is I would have replaced it.... interstate sells the batteries that come out of the stores or new cars on lots that have sat too long.... yesterday it was at the autostore for $104.00... today its mine with a 30 warranty for $35.00... including $5 core charge I get back....having two golf carts and 4 vehicles with batteries I gotta say this method is a lifesaver for me...they call them "blems"
 

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Old 03-30-2012 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Augiedoggy
the plastic is completely uneffected by the acid...that why many use plastic tubs to house the acids... you could have just used plastic epoxy or a plastic welding kit as well.... depending on how old the battery is I would have replaced it.... interstate sells the batteries that come out of the stores or new cars on lots that have sat too long.... yesterday it was at the autostore for $104.00... today its mine with a 30 warranty for $35.00... including $5 core charge I get back....having two golf carts and 4 vehicles with batteries I gotta say this method is a lifesaver for me...they call them "blems"
Where do you get these?
 
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Old 03-30-2012 | 08:33 PM
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First of all, I don't recommend doing anything besides replacing the battery.

Glass and most plastics are acid-resistant. Metal and your entire body is not.

Plus, acid is fast and does it's damage deliberately and potentially permanently, and is not easy to neutralize. You are probably safer and would end up with fewer injuries if you decided to play rugby with hornets while naked, although it will feel about the same.

Batteries can and do explode, and a leak anywhere except the very highest point in the battery is basically the recipe to make yourself a nice bomb, with acid-soaked lead as the payload. All you have to do to arm it is to charge it, which is pretty much what having it hooked up to your truck at all involves, and the detonator requires a spark, which is built in. This post probably is being read by Homeland Security this very second. Oh well.

Unlike most people, I have seen a battery explode while in a vehicle with the hood up and someone working in the engine bay. I was a kid at the time, but some things leave an impression.

I sure as hell hope you wear glasses when you're within a hundred yards of that truck and it's leaky battery.

You could try putty epoxy. But I wouldn't, because I can't drive when I'm blinded by acid, so it seems kind of pointless to try to me.

If you can't afford a used or some kind of battery, park the truck until you can. You say it "works great". Works great as what?
 

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