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Re: Car batteries... [Re: christopera]
    #27072412 - 12/04/20 06:32 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

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Shakedown Street said:
Ditto on the alternator.

The same thing happened to me last summer.  I had to have my car jump-started in order to start it.  I had already had the starter replaced, so I knew the starter was still good when I turned the key and the engine started immediately off the jump-start from my neighbor's car.

I asked my mechanic to test the electrolyte concentration in the battery to see if the battery was still good, and to test the alter-nator if the battery was good.    After testing the battery and the alternator, he said the alternator was only putting out 13.something volts DC with the engine running and should be re-placed.  So I had him replace the alternator, which ended up costing about twice what I expected, and he tested the new alternator and said it put out 14.2 VDC.

Problem solved--at least until Old Man Winter came to town.    Then one night I left the trunk of my car unlatched, allowing the automatic trunk light to draw current for the better part of a 24-hour period.
The starter wouldn't crank at all.    After remembering seeing the
trunk light shining, I got out my wall-powered battery charger and
charged the battery for 20 minutes.    After waiting 20 minutes, I re-moved the cables from the battery charger, and restarted the car.
(I keep my car in the garage.  It might have taken much longer if
the car was kept outdoors.)

BOTTOM LINE:    If you don't have another car OR a neighbor to jump-
start your car, at least get an AC wall charger to charge your battery
in case this happens.

If your alternator is putting out less than 14.something volts DC
when the engine is running, replace it.

A cold battery should read 12.something volts DC.  A 11.something VDC
battery might start the car in warm weather, but in cold weather, you will probably need a jump start.




He had me turn the key in order to test the alternator. Said all was good.

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christopera said:
You don't own triple square sockets up through 20mm?




I do, yess.


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Re: Car batteries... [Re: Cracked Egg]
    #27072434 - 12/04/20 06:46 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

I do too, but I wasn't pleased when I had to buy them.

I sort of understood it though when I had to use my jack handle as a cheater bar on my 1/2" drive breaker bar, and had to stand on the end of the jack handle to break the one triple square drive bolt loose. It had to be like 900 ft lbs.


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Re: Car batteries... [Re: christopera]
    #27072603 - 12/04/20 08:45 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

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christopera said:
You don't own triple square sockets up through 20mm?



You can get it on eBay for probably really cheap. You mean to tell me that people can't fix their own cars because of the specialized tools that are needed? if I ever make enough money to buy my own house I'm going to buy a lift for the inside of the garage so I can do my own damn car work.


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Re: Car batteries... [Re: OutsideOfMyMind]
    #27072637 - 12/04/20 09:09 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

My nephew in laws friend is pretty wealthy, ok extremely wealthy.  His garage has 2 lifts, has plumbed compressed air with a big ass holding tank so you don't run out, and has quick connects all over the fucking place so your tools can reach, its like a garage out of fast and furious but better, cause he is a certified master mechanic and can program fuel maps and ecus.  I always take my car their for mechanical work, and most of the time he does it simply for the cost of parts.

Gonna put brembos and a big brake kit on audi at all 4 corners after I push the HP up over 400hp.  Wont happen till factory warranty runs out, so I got time to research and buy the parts.


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Re: Car batteries... [Re: Ice9]
    #27073080 - 12/05/20 08:01 AM (3 years, 2 months ago)

I want to do the same on my wife's 2011 Prius.


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