Battery Recharge Problem

[DNFXDLI]

Buy a new battery and a battery tender jr

 

[m78]

Buy a new battery and a battery tender jr

Thats basically what I figured on doing. Being the truck wont be driven until late spring, I'll buy it then.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Thats basically what I figured on doing. Being the truck wont be driven until late spring, I'll buy it then.

Good...that beautiful truck deserves that!

 

[m78]

Good...that beautiful truck deserves that!

Thanks Duncan.


Whens yours ,,,,,

 

[DNFXDLI]

Thanks Duncan.


Whens yours ,,,,,

Got the tender...truck is dragging on...with no completion date..hehehehe.

 

[smokey]

If we killed a battery we dropped a aspirin in then and sometimes they came back to life. I was surprised out worked.

 

[taxreliever]

Thats basically what I figured on doing. Being the truck wont be driven until late spring, I'll buy it then.

What happens if there's a fire and you need to drive it out....oh wait, it's on blocks so it won't matter.

Good...that beautiful truck deserves that!

If we killed a battery we dropped a aspirin in then and sometimes they came back to life. I was surprised out worked.

That's interesting...I wonder what the science behind that is....pretty cool trick.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Maybe a seltzer type reaction that might lift solids around...but it would be temporary and there are simply no free meal tickets...unless, of course, you buy GM or are a Liberal.

 

[smokey]

It got it started and lasted a few days.
No way is a permanent fix but when I was young and dirt poor til I could get a new battery.

 

[BuzzGun79]

Maybe a seltzer type reaction that might lift solids around...but it would be temporary and there are simply no free meal tickets...unless, of course, you buy GM or are a Liberal.

Correct Duncan....we used Coca Cola back in the day at times to regenerate a dead battery...worked for a short term also...This gave the seltzer reaction that you spoke of... just an fyi..always remove the ground cable from the battery on stored vehicles,if you do nothing else...

 

[m78]

What happens if there's a fire and you need to drive it out....oh wait, it's on blocks so it won't matter.

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Crap !

 

[m78]

After adding epsom salts ( premixed in a little water) I put the battery charger on, from 8 AM @ 7 amps to 8 PM @ less than 2 amps. Looks like it took a charge.
This morning I'm putting the tender on it till I have a chance to start the truck.

 

[m78]

Started the truck today. The battery seamed fine. Even with the extra cranking to get the gas back up to the carb after sitting for months.
I guess the epsom salt worked.