In the Ral/apex/Sanford area.
Is there a better option than a junkyard?
Thanks!
Is there a better option than a junkyard?
Thanks!
Finally got the plans for an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. If that doesn’t work I’ll put in a car to sell.I'd get a couple of inexpensive sealed batteries instead. Just found one at Tractor Supply for $12. Like a Very Large Motorcycle battery.
Whatchadoin' with it?
I have seen the devices that mechanix used to employ for resuscitating batts with bad cells... it works, but it doesn't last long, nor does it have much capacity afterwards....I don’t know what it would take to resuscitate one that’s been sitting there dead for who knows how long.
I used to get Interstate blemished batteries. I assume you can still get them. You will have to look for a supplier, I know there is one outside of Angier and one in Garner.
Long enough to sell the car.Why would you want to buy a used battery in the first place? How much do they sell used batteries for? They can't be that much cheaper than some of the new and refurb options that others have listed in this thread. How long would you expect a $20(?) used battery to last anyway?
Long enough to sell the car.
This!If the battery in your car will fit put it in and buy a nice new one for your car.
Interstate blems are called Econo-Power. They’re very inexpensive, just take a trade in as the core is now $20
What makes an Interstate battery a "blem"?
side note: Are Interstate batteries still "great"? I have come to believe that "brand loyalty" no longer applies to wet cell (car) batteries, as brands are (all?) re-labels these days. Napa (from personal experience) and Autozone (from what I've heard) having once had some good stuff are no longer worth having.
I've had excellent experiences with the NAPA Gold line of batteries. I usually get at least 5 years out of them. That's all I've used in the past 30 years. Of course, my neighbor gets them for me at employee cost which is good but not as good as it used to be. Batteries are expensive.
You are getting good life because Napa Gold batteries went away at least a decade ago. They became "Napa Legend". I joke they should have re-named them "Napa Rumor, because they are nothing like the Napa Gold of old. ..at least in farm-trucks and tractors.
A member here, his fil works at interstate, he told.me the costco batteries are interstate, the same, just different case colorWhat makes an Interstate battery a "blem"?
side note: Are Interstate batteries still "great"? I have come to believe that "brand loyalty" no longer applies to wet cell (car) batteries, as brands are (all?) re-labels these days. Napa (from personal experience) and Autozone (from what I've heard) having once had some good stuff are no longer worth having.
What makes an Interstate battery a "blem"?
side note: Are Interstate batteries still "great"? I have come to believe that "brand loyalty" no longer applies to wet cell (car) batteries, as brands are (all?) re-labels these days. Napa (from personal experience) and Autozone (from what I've heard) having once had some good stuff are no longer worth having.
I would agree... but you will have to pay the core charge.If the battery in your car will fit put it in and buy a nice new one for your car.
Yep. Some go to dealers and get various labels slapped on them. Never know exactly what you’ll get, but they’re all tested and charged before they’re sold.not necessarily blems, warranty returns, stuff that’s sat on a shelf too long. They check them, charge them, tip them off with fluids, sell them for half price. I get a govt discount that’s pretty good. So I buy from them. I buy new ones for vehicles and econo powers for the trolling motor. Mine takes three batteries. YMMV
Got the Wally World econo value for $55.
The newest one was dated 1/20
It read 13.2V and held steady over 12V under a 20 second load test.
It should do fine.