Hi All:
here is the readings from the hydrometer:
each cell was almost dead on 175 (which was on this unit dead center on the re-chagre area of red tape coloring.) which is good and wondering why news. now the battery is a PITA one which sets down between the rad & under the air filter. I pulled the air filter housing loose already to make access to the battery easier and all the water/acid levels are pretty much dead on where I set them some 3 years back now. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I can't belive that myself I figured simple evaporation would have claimed a bit of level ? that VX6 may be what I was thinking about.
as for those big ole honking forkilft batteries yep I had to work on those a lot too. I'm a maintenance mech but only filled the water levels if needed on them as the 1st shift was the battery tech. he used open torch flame to solder on the terminals on those batteries /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif while he showed me how to braze/weld / solder them on I said naw & let him do that while i handled the mechinacal stuff /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif I value my face un-acid etched...
anyhow I put it back on 3 amp trickle charger for 12 hrs, (forgot to check that today too ;( /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif ) and this time connected the leads dirrectly to the battery posts.
anyhow back to the battery at hand it is a big one, heavy and hard to get out, I installed it and found it was easier to install the colwing AFTER the battery was in on the 2nd one I assembled. (note this is a china battery and weighs about 80 lbs full. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif not something I want to mess with with the messed up back... anyhow it is still partly dissassembled and I'll try and find soem of the VX6 or what ever it was mentioned above. I remember this stuff and heard great things about it and was told by the CLARK REP for the forklift batteries that they used it in everyone they set out as a pretreatment... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif note this was a local dealer so maybe different in/at other locations. that was 4 yrs back or so now so I couldn't remeber the name of it right...
anyhow I stopped at autozone and talked to the guy who didn't / doesn't know his rear from an exhaust and well you get the picture... he wanted to sell me a new battery and said they don't even carry acid anymore unless you want to pay for it na dhave it shipped in for each use type thing. this guy is one I've had to deal with befor and I already knew his answer befor asking (pretty much the same thing every time a blank stare like some one asking for a moon rock or proof of life on other planets! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
any how this computer was acting up and seems to be having some mental problems of it's own so I'll get back here if it keeps going this week. I have too many things going on at once.
1. battery problem,
2. adding spring seat to the tractor /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif 70 buck job from TSC seems nice for a inexpensive seat. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
3. arrived home to soaking bathroom floor from a leak /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
4. computer didn't start up and had to change & re-load bios 2 times /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif even /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif er
5 sandblasted the chrome off the BBQ grill top as it started flaking this weekend rinit a load of burgers & dogs /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif Not sure if I'll still use this grill top but I think I'll fab up a small round one like my big one I made, 1/8" thick .5'x1" expanded metal one snd doubbled it up so there is a cris cross thing going on so burgers don't fall through so easy or stick so bad.
6. put in window ac units. one down 2 left.
7. dig my own grave as if I ever get all this done I'm sure it will kill me first lol /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
8. keep smileing as every one already knows I'm nuts so might as well proove it /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
MarkM