How to repair a hole in a battery
Record Breaker
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Back in NY!!
Can you get them from any Interstate Dealer or just Outlet stores? I can't seem to find any outlets in my side of NY.
EDIT: Guess Syracuse is the closest one for me. 74 miles..
EDIT: Guess Syracuse is the closest one for me. 74 miles..
Last edited by Mega-Hemi; Mar 31, 2012 at 06:11 PM.
Champion
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Western NY,
The Interstate battery deal is a good thing. I think they are rebuiding the batteries and selling them without having to warrranty them to long. Like they did in the old days... At lest they are not trying to scam u . I worked at a battery place when I was a kid. The old man would say " batteries are good for 36 months, dont need to buy one for any more then that and when its time is up, just know your going to need a new one."
Look on the internet for a store front. Super service and they will install it for you.
Look on the internet for a store front. Super service and they will install it for you.
I have bought like 4 there so far over the years....got one in my truck , one in my lifted yamaha golf cart and one in my old harley golf cart..(I have a place at a campground and use them every weekend to cart my beer and my GF and I's asses around)
Last edited by Augiedoggy; Mar 31, 2012 at 10:42 PM.
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I honestly dont have any idea what you guys are crying about. His battery isnt going to explode and launch his hood off its hinges...
Ive had a hole in my battery for over a year, ever since it was wrecked. I was going to replace it after I got him back on the road, but after dropped coin on fenders, a hood, headlights, radiator, core support, bumper, etc., and welding a new frame horn on him.... I couldnt care any less about shelling out a C-note on a new battery.
Now the hole IS at the TOP of the battery, and i wouldnt go hooking up jumper cables directly to the negative post, but Ive been under the hood smoking cigs and driving him for thousands of miles in 105 degree heat with no problems...
Dont worry about it and just watch yer A when you hook jumper cables up to it...
or stick some bubble gum and duct tape on it...
Ive had a hole in my battery for over a year, ever since it was wrecked. I was going to replace it after I got him back on the road, but after dropped coin on fenders, a hood, headlights, radiator, core support, bumper, etc., and welding a new frame horn on him.... I couldnt care any less about shelling out a C-note on a new battery.
Now the hole IS at the TOP of the battery, and i wouldnt go hooking up jumper cables directly to the negative post, but Ive been under the hood smoking cigs and driving him for thousands of miles in 105 degree heat with no problems...
Dont worry about it and just watch yer A when you hook jumper cables up to it...
or stick some bubble gum and duct tape on it...
Legend
Joined: May 2005
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From: Central Oklahoma
I honestly dont have any idea what you guys are crying about. His battery isnt going to explode and launch his hood off its hinges...
Ive had a hole in my battery for over a year, ever since it was wrecked. I was going to replace it after I got him back on the road, but after dropped coin on fenders, a hood, headlights, radiator, core support, bumper, etc., and welding a new frame horn on him.... I couldnt care any less about shelling out a C-note on a new battery.
Now the hole IS at the TOP of the battery, and i wouldnt go hooking up jumper cables directly to the negative post, but Ive been under the hood smoking cigs and driving him for thousands of miles in 105 degree heat with no problems...
Dont worry about it and just watch yer A when you hook jumper cables up to it...
or stick some bubble gum and duct tape on it...
Ive had a hole in my battery for over a year, ever since it was wrecked. I was going to replace it after I got him back on the road, but after dropped coin on fenders, a hood, headlights, radiator, core support, bumper, etc., and welding a new frame horn on him.... I couldnt care any less about shelling out a C-note on a new battery.
Now the hole IS at the TOP of the battery, and i wouldnt go hooking up jumper cables directly to the negative post, but Ive been under the hood smoking cigs and driving him for thousands of miles in 105 degree heat with no problems...
Dont worry about it and just watch yer A when you hook jumper cables up to it...
or stick some bubble gum and duct tape on it...
Chad, Why don't you just bondo the side of the battery? This might be your best option.
Champion
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Western NY,
thats pretty bad.... bondo absorbs liquid... it wont stop the leak...just slow it down... even chewing gum would have been a better option as bad as that suggestion was...
Legend
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From: orangeville ontario
if your are too cheap to buy a brand new you could most likely go to a junk yard and get a good battery for $20. i bought one and it was great but not even a couple months later i was given an even better one. the one i bought at the junk yard could power my stereo all day and night and still have enough power to start my truck.