We take a lot for granted with our vehicles!
Submitted: Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 19:52
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Member - Axle
Jumped in the 4by this morning in a mad hurry, turned the key absolutely dead as." Bloody useless thing", I'm thinking, but then again its only fired up every morning without a glitch for the last five years! , so what's a battery every now and then?, Probably expect to much out of a machine at times.!
Cheers Axle.
Reply By: mike w (WA) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 21:16
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 21:16
Gotta be a warranty issue....LOL
I feel the same. My aux battery of 2 years, which spent 4 years prior as a crank battery recently decided to drop a cell and promptly blow up- 6 years IMO was a pretty good life, but I cursed all the same
Cheers
Mike
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 21:28
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 21:28
It's just that initial shock! of not doing what it usually does...lol
Axle.
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Follow Up By: RFLundgren (WA) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 23:05
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 23:05
Been there and had that as
well. Off doing the shopping one Saturday and came back to the car, loaded all of the shopping into the back of the car (sometimes I think I need a bigger one). By now it is just after 4:30 pm here in
Perth and I turned the key to the not so sweet sound of nothing.
Now 4:30 on a Saturday is not a good time in WA to have to go searching for something as WA closes down at 5pm....LOL
Off to Superthief and found a 770 CCA battery. Just so happened to be a 20% off sale that day so I didnt complain too much.
Its just the unexpected and the fact that I wasnt able to go through my usual routine of research and price bartering that I do enjoy. Such is life.......
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Reply By: Rock Ape - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 22:20
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 22:20
Get a ww2 jeep or lantrover # 1 or 2, wit dee crank handle
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 22:52
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 22:52
HAHAHAHA!!, ..................Actually own a defender, No crank handle hole , plenty of others though!!,,,,,,,,LOL,
Cheers Axle.
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Follow Up By: whyallacookie - Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 21:07
Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 21:07
You can get a much later model 4x4 with a crank.... Lada ON!
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Reply By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 23:43
Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 at 23:43
Don't talk to me about batteries. My ute is 16mths old (Already been for warranty work) and yesterday the battery died. Am glad it was not on my last trip but this ute and the accessories is really starting to give me the big time BBBBBEEEEPPPPSSSSSSS
Just realised my horn is not working due to dealers incompatance.....
To top it all of have to be up at 5.30 to jump the ute to go to work........ am not happy...... and it is my first day in 3 months :(
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Reply By: Blaze - Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 01:51
Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 01:51
Probably a ZD30 motor LOL
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Reply By: brushmarx - Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 12:14
Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 12:14
You forgot the most important part, what brand is the battery?
Surely, with a bit of effort, we can get a brand war going between battery manufacturers like Cooper and other tyres.
Cheers
Ian
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Reply By: Vince NSW - Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 13:14
Friday, Oct 19, 2007 at 13:14
They just don't make em like they used to.
Just put a new deep cycle in the CT. Last one had only been there for 3 years. Before it went into the CT it was hooked up to a solar panel on a roof top without any maintenance for 3 years. It was almost dry when it came down.
I can't for the life of me, work out why it only lasted 3 years in the CT
Vince
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