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oshawacliff


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A handy tip that i use when it comes time to remove the battery in the winter.  Place a rare earth magnet on the back of a 1/2 inch open ended wrench and slide it onto the nut holding the battery tray hold down bracket.

Loosen the nut and the when the nut is disconnected slide the wrench with the loose nut out.  Space is very limited between the hold down bracket and the fender. 

Now when it comes to reinstall the battery used the 12 point 1/2 inch end with the rare earth magnet.  That way you can slide the nut into place and guide the bolt into the nut.

A test of patience but you finally get the desired result.

 



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67 must be different than 66? On mine the nut is part of the battery tray.

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67 must be different than 66? On mine the nut is part of the battery tray.

 I believe that may have been the way it was originally.  With so many battery replacements over the years I had one shop use a metric bolt into the original welded nut.  Messed up real good.  

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GM taught us that the best place for a battery in in the deep freezer next to the moose meat. Never take any of mine out and we have winters... charge them, disconnect the negative post and say, "see ya in the spring".... been doing that for 30+ years.

But that's my 2 pennies.



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67Poncho wrote:

GM taught us that the best place for a battery in in the deep freezer next to the moose meat. Never take any of mine out and we have winters... charge them, disconnect the negative post and say, "see ya in the spring".... been doing that for 30+ years.

But that's my 2 pennies.

 Plus one to what Vince posted. Mine used to spend the winter in the house way back when (and that is when I had the most trouble with batteries)



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67Poncho wrote:

GM taught us that the best place for a battery in in the deep freezer next to the moose meat. Never take any of mine out and we have winters... charge them, disconnect the negative post and say, "see ya in the spring".... been doing that for 30+ years.

But that's my 2 pennies.

 Plus two. I used to take the battery out of my lawn tractor and keep it in the basement for the winter. I found that the batteries lasted longer staying in the lawn tractor for the winter. 

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Car is stored underground in our apartment complex with no access to electric plugs to plug in a battery maintainer.  I have 3 sets of booster cables.... may have to use them more often.

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Car is stored underground in our apartment complex with no access to electric plugs to plug in a battery maintainer.  I have 3 sets of booster cables.... may have to use them more often.

Cliff

 

 No maintainers here, Cliff. Couldn?t get the hood open anyway without clearing off 3 feet of snow. I just disconnect and close the hood until spring. We were told if a battery still goes dead over the winter and it was charged and disconnected, it was no good to begin with. At the dealer, we always found that heat killed the batteries in the cars within the showroom faster.

I will attempt to start the Laurentian, Bel-Air, Phoenix SJ the Roadmaster tomorrow and see how it goes.

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Ive never removed batteries from our cars or garden tractor. Actually since I acquired a blower attachment for the tractor I use it year-round. As for the cars they all get started a few times through the winter. Everything is stored inside and kept just above the freezing mark. I give them a battery minder charge at the start of the season and they all fully charge in a couple of hours. The only exceptions are my daughters Celica and my wifes Solstice. The electronic drain will kill them so they get a minder charge once a month.



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Will a good fully charged battery, disconnected last 8 months without freezing?

I have 4 in gaspe'. 2 ATV's, 2 lawn tractors. Fingers crossed. Usually brought them home and maintained them here. Not this year. If any froze, I'm in trouble.

8 Months in a long time. If they make it, then the theory 100% holds.



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Will a good fully charged battery, disconnected last 8 months without freezing?

I have 4 in gaspe'. 2 ATV's, 2 lawn tractors. Fingers crossed. Usually brought them home and maintained them here. Not this year. If any froze, I'm in trouble.

8 Months in a long time. If they make it, then the theory 100% holds.

 Yes, if it's a good battery it will.

Typically our batteries at our cabin sat close to 8 months with no solar panels hooked up to them (because I was too nervous of a wiring issue /fire). The system was 4 batteries, 6 volts wired as a 12 volt system. They were usually around 12.5 to 12.6 after sitting all winter, which was fine. In 14 years we never had an issue leaving them outside there, and most winters they say saw -30C multiple times per winter. 



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The 68 Grande I bought to do my RCMP car, many many years ago, I moved that and a bunch of cars from the west side of my shop out to the back a couple of years ago. That battery was in that car for ever and it surprised the heck out of me that it did crank that car. It has a 396. Is it always 100%? Absolutely not but for the most part, yes.



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