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BULLITT65

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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2016, 04:22:51 PM »
Well my relatives think it is an obsession. What counts as an obsession though? (Its not like I have a data base of cars I follow  ;D  )

Seriously though, I have a handful of vehicles, which do have some turn over. I may obsess over different little things.

Battery wise it would be great to find a Y77 (used or un-used) that I could have on hand, just to be able to pop in to make the car all original.

It would be cool to have a "box" topper that slid onto the top of my Delco side post Battery. I would need a donor for that idea as well though.

When I was in Indiana recently I actually had to purchase a new battery for the car, and was bummed my green eye Delco went out, and the replacements don't even have the green eye anymore. It lasted 7 years, and only got started a couple times a year, so guess I should be happy about that.

Bill I would keep the old battery, maybe empty it, and just have it on hand. I guess it depends on the show, if it is worth doing the swap.
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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #16 on: July 11, 2016, 04:39:32 PM »
(Its not like I have a data base of cars I follow  ;D  )


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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #17 on: July 11, 2016, 04:55:41 PM »
This probably is a way to explain this to the new lady I have met. Hello my name is Bill and I am obsessed with cars. She kind of wonders what my issues are. She is on the short side and all the shoes I see are heels. I asked if she had any tennis shoes to go to a car show and she didn't realize how much walking there is. Yesterday she said it's good you have that project done, I said now I can start the 300. She would really like it if I was at her house daily but with farming (my excuse) that's not possible lol
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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #18 on: July 11, 2016, 05:48:17 PM »
She's watched you restore your Z28..  ? and she still 'wonders what your issues are'???:) :)
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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #19 on: July 11, 2016, 06:22:46 PM »
She just appeared in the last 2 weeks. So she's missed most of it. She did know what a he'llcat challenger was and knew they were making a bigger hp zl-1
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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #20 on: July 11, 2016, 08:09:30 PM »
There ARE good women out there, Bill, and the heels... that's even better! My wife has a whole wall of plastic containers for her shoes, over a hundred of 'em. So when she starts getting on me about cars or guns or car parts, I just start walking to the "office" where they are...
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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #21 on: July 11, 2016, 09:29:36 PM »
Good one Dale.
I looked the battery over, and I read where people thought some of these batteries sounded hollow and they thought there was a case over a battery. Mine sounds solid like is the battery. Might be more mess than I should try
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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #22 on: July 12, 2016, 01:29:47 AM »
Try checking the cells with a hydrometer, see which ones have dropped. If I remember correctly you may just be able to drain and refill with fresh acid. Plates are new in it.Throw a trickle charge on it. Then try load testing again. Cheap.

Also--how did it spin over ? Engines going to be tight right out of the shop. weak battery is going to drain quick. Bare metal at your grounding point?(just checking) How's it roll over with another battery? I know not your first  rodeo, just throwing a few things out there.

Personally, I like the resto batteries. Optima's are great in the race car, feel like it would stand out like a sore thumb when the Z's done. Keep the site informed how you make out.
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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2016, 03:25:56 AM »
I heard if those batteries aren't kept charged they crystallize inside and it ruins them. I put it on the trickle size charger every so often and used it 6 months ago on the winch. Both batteries spun the engine over easily but the resto  battery only does it 3 times. It pulled that twice and I can charge it up and then it acted ok showing 12 volts under load. Put it in for show and it started three times to get in trailer then drops to about 6 volts under load.
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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #24 on: July 12, 2016, 04:19:47 PM »
I heard if those batteries aren't kept charged they crystallize inside and it ruins them. I put it on the trickle size charger every so often and used it 6 months ago on the winch. Both batteries spun the engine over easily but the resto  battery only does it 3 times. It pulled that twice and I can charge it up and then it acted ok showing 12 volts under load. Put it in for show and it started three times to get in trailer then drops to about 6 volts under load.
Does a "regular" battery act the same or always start it fine? I put a Deka battery in mine, whips it over like there's no tomorrow, also a new engine (I just changed oil at 200 miles)
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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #25 on: July 12, 2016, 04:27:32 PM »
Deka batteries are what I have gone to. Great battery
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-Looking for 3192477 (front) spiral shocks 3192851 (rear)
-Looking for an original LOF soft ray windshield
-Looking for original Delco side post negative battery cable part # 6297651AV

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Re: Anyone gutted a restoration battery?
« Reply #26 on: July 18, 2016, 02:55:41 AM »
I would try removing the sulfates via http://www.pulsetech.net/Content/Applications/Consumer-LP.aspx.
These actually work - the science is sound.
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