picard335
Silver Member
Only 1 1/2 years old and I've cleaned the battery terminals and tray and the battery twice now, last fall and again this fall.
The terminals were white with stuff, both - and +. The battery looked like it boiled over and ran down the sides of it and even was sucked back into the radiator and hydro cooler.
Last year I saw this with little hours on it. Are these factory batteries cheap? Is the motor making them hot, and causing them to seap out, the water level is fine when I check.
I greesed the terminals, used felt and that red preventative stuff, and used battery cleaner on the battery and tray to de-acid everything.
Just wondering if anyone else has checked theres recently?
Is this just something with deere batteries, or is it just overheating them from brushhogging/summer use etc...
Also is there a better battery for our tractors? Interstate? Optima? I don't want to do this every year. The wire side terminals are in great shape, but if someone would never check, I'm sure they be gone in a year, plus the tray would be rusted in-two.
As I maintain my battery on my other vehicles, when installing new, deacid new battery, tray, dielectric greese, clean, red prevent stuff, and install, lasts 4 years no corrosion!
Thanks,
John
The terminals were white with stuff, both - and +. The battery looked like it boiled over and ran down the sides of it and even was sucked back into the radiator and hydro cooler.
Last year I saw this with little hours on it. Are these factory batteries cheap? Is the motor making them hot, and causing them to seap out, the water level is fine when I check.
I greesed the terminals, used felt and that red preventative stuff, and used battery cleaner on the battery and tray to de-acid everything.
Just wondering if anyone else has checked theres recently?
Is this just something with deere batteries, or is it just overheating them from brushhogging/summer use etc...
Also is there a better battery for our tractors? Interstate? Optima? I don't want to do this every year. The wire side terminals are in great shape, but if someone would never check, I'm sure they be gone in a year, plus the tray would be rusted in-two.
As I maintain my battery on my other vehicles, when installing new, deacid new battery, tray, dielectric greese, clean, red prevent stuff, and install, lasts 4 years no corrosion!
Thanks,
John