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  • dodgese@alien.topBtoMechanic Advice@gearhead.townNew battery?
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    10 months ago

    Wear clothing you don’t mind losing-the acid can eat up fabric such as cotton really bad.

    Clean with (battery cleaner spray, soda, or baking soda and a bit of water) and a used toothbrush all of the ‘oxidation’ in the metal battery top holder and battery top surface. Rinse Open the caps to your battery and wipe off any dirt from entering the orifices of the cell. Look down to the cells and see if you can see any cells exposed. If not add distilled water to the cell until the lead cell is once again submerged. Pop the caps securely in place. Rinse with water any overspray caused by brushing.

    Before this next step make sure you are able to drive the car for about 15 minutes to reset the computer and put your radio stations back on.

    Loosen and detach the negative first, clean the post and batt terminal. - don’t allow the negative to touch ground (wrap in insulating material a rag, or use a vinyl glove to sleeve the neg. terminal. and clean the post and batt terminal. contact points thoroughly.

    Then loosen the positive side, , and clean the post and batt terminal contact points thoroughly.

    se Battery post grease/protector and/or di electric grease to coat both terminals and posts contacts and outside metal surfaces to fight off oxidation.

    Install the pos. terminal and tighten securely, then install the neg. terminal.

    Drive the car for about 15 minutes for your computer to re-establish driving , idle.