[DeTomaso] new Battery

[Boyd Casey]

The first symptom was that the car wouldn't start ( the car was hot and the
starter was dragging . I jumped it and it started immeadiatly. ) Ihave a
digital charger that has a diagnostic mode and it is saying the battery has
a bad cell. When I put the charger on the battery at a 2.0 amp charge rate
it seems to take the charge ( the car turns over and starts right up) my
volt meter shows almost 14 volts when the car is running with no other load
( no lights or other electrical draw). My charger has an alternator test
mode and it comes up with the same fault code as when I try to charge the
battery. I no longer have the instructions for the charger but if I
remember correctly you need a good fully charged battery to test the
alternator .

On Sunday, April 28, 2013, Gray Gregory wrote:

> Boyd,
>
> While I'm sure some of the new dry cell batteries are great. If your
> battery is in the stock location and still mounted upright I think a top of
> the line traditional battery hooked to a battery tender is hard to beat. I
> got 10 years out of my last one.
>
> Gray
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> detomaso-bounces at poca.com <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Boyd Casey
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 1:53 PM
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> Subject: [DeTomaso] new Battery
>
> I currently have an Optima "Red Top" battery that is 4 years old. It
> apparently has developed a bad cell. I was wondering what the consensus was
> on what is the "best" battery for use in the Pantera. My car is only used
> for a few months each year.
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