drypowder
Les Deplorables
August 2017 update (use link to jump to post later in this thread with update)
original OP below:
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Honda, 5yr old battery (Autocraft Gold from Advance Auto). Got in the car today to get some groceries to make some sausage dip for the games and car made weak attempt to start but failed. Tried again and nothing at all. Tried a few more times and zilch, so I figured dead battery since it's 5yrs old and we're in winter. It's a manual tranny, so I tried to push the car toward a slight slope to push start, but where I was with wet pavement made it impossible to get it up enough of a slope to generate enough rolling speed to push start, though I did clutch out a couple of times (which may have changed things internally?).
At this point, I figured I'll just push back into parking spot and walk to grocery store (cuz I gotta have some sausage dip). Got car back in parking spot and thought what the hell, lemme try again and voila, it starts right up with zero hesitation. I left it running when I was getting groceries, and I've got it parked near a good slope, so it will be easy to push start if necessary.
WTF happened? Battery must be OK given that it started right up, right? Starter? From looking through maintenance records from prior car owner, the starter has never been replaced, so it will be 16yrs old (and 150k miles).
Story has a happy ending b/c I got some sausage dip tips from bigfelipe at it came out great.
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original OP below:
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Honda, 5yr old battery (Autocraft Gold from Advance Auto). Got in the car today to get some groceries to make some sausage dip for the games and car made weak attempt to start but failed. Tried again and nothing at all. Tried a few more times and zilch, so I figured dead battery since it's 5yrs old and we're in winter. It's a manual tranny, so I tried to push the car toward a slight slope to push start, but where I was with wet pavement made it impossible to get it up enough of a slope to generate enough rolling speed to push start, though I did clutch out a couple of times (which may have changed things internally?).
At this point, I figured I'll just push back into parking spot and walk to grocery store (cuz I gotta have some sausage dip). Got car back in parking spot and thought what the hell, lemme try again and voila, it starts right up with zero hesitation. I left it running when I was getting groceries, and I've got it parked near a good slope, so it will be easy to push start if necessary.
WTF happened? Battery must be OK given that it started right up, right? Starter? From looking through maintenance records from prior car owner, the starter has never been replaced, so it will be 16yrs old (and 150k miles).
Story has a happy ending b/c I got some sausage dip tips from bigfelipe at it came out great.
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