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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #25 on: September 07, 2014, 06:25:52 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on September 07, 2014, 05:16:25 PM
Why put car batteries in strange places?

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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #26 on: September 07, 2014, 07:34:00 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on September 07, 2014, 05:14:37 PM
IH farm and heavy equipment used to use a positive ground....why? I don't know.
Why were propane cylinders made with left-hand threads?
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #27 on: September 07, 2014, 07:59:41 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on September 07, 2014, 05:14:37 PM
IH farm and heavy equipment used to use a positive ground....why? I don't know.
Early MGs are positive ground.  Making the swap usually requires changing a couple of wires on the generator/alternator and switching the +/- cables on the battery.

My MG B has a placard under the hood that explicitly states "NEGATIVE EARTH". 
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #28 on: September 07, 2014, 08:51:56 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on September 07, 2014, 05:14:37 PM
IH farm and heavy equipment used to use a positive ground....why? I don't know.

British built.  Back in the '60's, we had a B-414, my uncle had its smaller brother, a B-275, both were 12 volt POSITIVE ground, compliments of Lucas electrical systems.  Made jump starting a real pain!

Years later, IH changed all their machines over to Delco-Remy, even the imports.

All our other IH equipment, from a 1947 Farmall H to our  3388, were all negative ground, though the H was 6 volt, all the rest were 12 volt.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #29 on: September 07, 2014, 08:52:29 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on September 07, 2014, 07:34:00 PM
Why were propane cylinders made with left-hand threads?

I hope that was a rhetorical question
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #30 on: September 07, 2014, 08:53:33 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on September 06, 2014, 09:50:12 PM
Or maybe look in the glove box for the Owner's Manual?

Quote from: Delmar on September 06, 2014, 09:50:54 PM
Did you look in the glove box, you dumb ass?

Now, now folks... dummies would not know where the glove box is and even if they did, all they would expect to find in there would be driving gloves!  It is the glove box after all.  The dummie probably spent the whole day looking for the owner manual storage area. :lmao:



Quote from: diesel driver on September 07, 2014, 10:09:47 AM
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Speaking of Dodges, at least Chevy put the battery in the engine compartment.  Dodge Stratus' had them behind the front fender liner.  "Jacking up the car and removing the front tire" is part of the battery replacement procedure.  I've actually had to replace a battery on a Stratus whose driver hit a curb while parking and cracked the battery.

The only cars I've heard of putting the battery in the trunk were the POS European models like Volkswagen and BMW.  Older Beatles had them under the back seat.

Remove the battery wires, and they'll never leave their driveways.    :lmao:

Saturns have them in the trunk. A while back a lady in the parking lot needed a jump. Ole Perky breaks out his trusty 2 gauge jumper cables, pops the hood on the saturn and looks around... and no freaking battery.  Had some terminals in it so I jumped it that way.  Asked my mechanic buddy about when I saw him and he told me they are in the trunk.  Thing that gets me now that I think about it is are these thing vented? I'll have to ask mechanic buddy next time I see him.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #31 on: September 07, 2014, 09:15:49 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on September 07, 2014, 07:34:00 PM
Why were propane cylinders made with left-hand threads?

So DUmmies can't use gas grills, otherwise, their demise would be as glorious as it would be brief.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #32 on: September 08, 2014, 05:19:07 AM »
Quote from: I_B_Perky on September 07, 2014, 08:53:33 PM
Saturns have them in the trunk. A while back a lady in the parking lot needed a jump. Ole Perky breaks out his trusty 2 gauge jumper cables, pops the hood on the saturn and looks around... and no freaking battery.  Had some terminals in it so I jumped it that way.  Asked my mechanic buddy about when I saw him and he told me they are in the trunk.  Thing that gets me now that I think about it is are these thing vented? I'll have to ask mechanic buddy next time I see him.

I had a 2nd-generation SL sedan for 11 years.  Don't get me started on working on them--to change the oil filter, you had to remove a front tire first to get at the thing.

Miss the gas mileage, though.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #33 on: September 08, 2014, 12:36:30 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on September 08, 2014, 05:19:07 AM
I had a 2nd-generation SL sedan for 11 years.  Don't get me started on working on them--to change the oil filter, you had to remove a front tire first to get at the thing.

Miss the gas mileage, though.

We have a 2002 SL2, the battery isn't that bad, since it's in the engine compartment, but that oil change is a pain in the butt.  The spark plugs are recessed and a pain, too.   Gets about 30mpg on the highway and about 25 in town. :)
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #34 on: September 08, 2014, 01:21:08 PM »
Quote from: diesel driver on September 07, 2014, 10:09:47 AM
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The only cars I've heard of putting the battery in the trunk were the POS European models like Volkswagen and BMW. 
My Lincoln LS had its battery located in the trunk.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #35 on: September 08, 2014, 02:14:23 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on September 07, 2014, 05:16:25 PM
Why put car batteries in strange places?
Simple.
Then the DUmmies can't steal it.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #36 on: September 08, 2014, 02:28:02 PM »
Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on September 08, 2014, 01:21:08 PM
My Lincoln LS had its battery located in the trunk.

It helps with weight distribution and with that, handling.  it's one of the first things you do when building a hotrod.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #37 on: September 08, 2014, 02:37:12 PM »
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I bet this guy has a Masters degree.

Or, in the 70's, going into senior year of high school.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #38 on: September 08, 2014, 05:07:51 PM »
Hell, no matter where the battery was, I'm sure half a minute on Google would have told him.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #39 on: September 08, 2014, 05:25:08 PM »
Too bad the all-knowing nads was back at DU. She could have told it where the battery was located.
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #40 on: September 08, 2014, 10:03:10 PM »
Quote from: FlippyDoo on September 08, 2014, 05:25:08 PM
Too bad the all-knowing nads was back at DU. She could have told it where the battery was located.
stashed under her bed with some jumper cables for friday fun night?
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Re: primitive can't find car battery
« Reply #41 on: September 08, 2014, 10:16:59 PM »
Quote from: landofconfusion80 on September 08, 2014, 10:03:10 PM
stashed under her bed with some jumper cables for friday fun night?
oh my.
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