my exp. with battery tenders is as good as any and better than most.
my exp. with battery tenders is as good as any and better than most.
Heineken is my fav, it's in every bar/ restarant,but I seem to drink a lot of regular coors yella not the light.
Oh yeah, rule of thumb for charging voltage is 1 to 1.5 volt over fully charged voltage till you get to fully charged battery voltage.
all batteries will self discharge connected or not, optima discharge less, they charge to a higher voltage, all battery manufactures say"charge charge charge, a 12 volt battery is not fully charged at 12 volts, lead acid are closer to 12.75, optimas are closer to 13,25.Very important to fully charge at least every 2-3 month's,( check with a known accurate voltmeter) unless you kno w yer trickle charger/ battery maintainer, charger is up to it, i wouldn't leave it on 24-7 365.
FixorFish wrote:
That picture could easily be of a Kansas road.
Never had a fast car to drive in H.S. except the year or so my Mom had a '68 Javelin and I was occasionally able to ditch the '53 DeSoto I shared with my sister, and borrow "a cool car" for a date.
That road pic also reminds me of why I no longer live in the flatlands, moved to the mountains, 36 years ago. Probably a good thing. I now have a little Audi TT roadster that could get me in a whole lot trouble if I didn't have to watch for curves and blind driveways, winding my way down the miles. According to the manual, it shuts down @ 156mph and will restart (on its own) when you drop down to 145 ! No roads like that until you get 100+ miles east of here, towards Nevada.
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Nice,that's what i'm talking about.
saw1 wrote:
HA, could be.
Had to take care of my youngest daughters VW Jetta for her for awhile bout 20 years ago. Had a 5 or 6 speed manual trans. Would drive it back and forth to work. On 1 little stretch of road bout 2 miles long I would get on it and could get it to 140 before I had to shut it down because the road came to a T with a stop sign. Never did find out what the top end of that car was. Always wondered.
I don't know but I do know my little grey station wagon Saab witha 2.3l 4 turbo 285 hp, is electronically limited to 155 and has embarrassed a lot of 60s cars I thought were very fast back then.You never, ever, want to race a modern Audi anything with a V8 or mercedes twin turbo anything. They are made to go 120 mph for hours and hours every day for 100K miles on the Autobahn. And... run like hell from a Tesla.
dads car was a 66 galaxie 500 with the 428, i was racing it 1 sun and broke a u joint, boy i caught hell for that.
dads car was a 66 galaxie 500 with the 428, i was racing it 1 sun and broke a u joint, boy i caught hell for that.
50 hours is a good rule of thumb, Gotta remember a boat engine is always pulling uphill. Oil is cheap,you already know what engines cost !
4 feet of ice, a 4x4 truck pulling a camper with lots of beer and a furnace is bare minimum for ice fishing.
I have seen guys with little FWD cars start the boat to help the car pull it up the ramp.
Noone knows what kind of car you have,I would call Uhaul and tell them you need a hitch installed to rent 1 of their trailers to carry 2000 pounds 500 miles, and see what they say. U haul will not let you i f they feel it's unsafe.and will suggest something else.
Captan Lahti wrote:
A solution of salt and vinegar will eat up rust on most anything.
Great for battery terminals too, neutralise after with baking soda and water .
best if u start it the first time in the spring with old plugs to burn off the oil.