From: Jim Newton (jnewton@laurel.com)
Date: Fri Jul 04 2003 - 15:01:47 PDT
Hi Kenneth...
Take it to your local battery house (not Pep Boys...an industrial or
agricultural battery place) and ask them to zap the battery and test
it for you. Most places charge around $10 to do this. In almost all
cases, this will revive the battery. The plates on the 6TL batteries
are so thick that they are not prone to corrosion or decay. The
problem that they have in HMVs is they build up sulfation. Zapping
the battery blows off the sulfation.
Good luck!
>Greetings list. My deuce tractor suddenly developed a starting problem. I had
>one episode of slower cranking and then no start. I checked the batteries and
>the rear battery was at 13+ volts. The front was at 10.5 volts. Slaved the
>truck and took it for a spin. Volt meter reading was normal. Parked the truck,
>attempted to restart, click click. Today I pulled the low battery and hooked
>it up to the charger. The battery just isn't accepting a charge. I even went
>around the battery with a small dead blow hammer and gave it a few taps. These
>batteries appear recent. Any ideas what might cause one battery to do this or
>is it just a bad battery? It's never been center tapped by me and I seriously
>doubt if the previous owner center tapped it. Can I get away with replacing
>just one battery? 6TLs in my area are near $150.
>Regards,
>Kenny
>
>Kenneth Engle
>Loxahatchee FL
>71 A.M. General M35A2
>73 A.M. General M275A2
>53 Fruehauf XM105E3
>http://hometown.aol.com/recovry4x4/myhomepage/photo.html
>
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--Jim "Ike" Newton
o 1984 M1007 CUCV Military Suburban 6.2 Liter (378 CID) Turbo-Diesel Engine 5/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
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