OE Battery; Surprised the heck out of me...
02-16-2014, 01:58 AM
#11
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
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Originally Posted by Nuke
$119 plus tax. I figured I'd have paid about $60-$80 at Autozone or elsewhere but I've heard a number of folks state that the fit of their aftermarket batteries was problematic
Originally Posted by Carcrazycorey1
Thats not a bad price at all. I work at advance auto, and the battery for my 05 GT was around $110 with my employee discount, so I don't think you did bad at all. The days of $60-80 batteries are long gone. The cheapest you would even find at walmart for these cars are going to be about 100
You can say that again! ....
They really jumped up everywhere back in 2012.
02-16-2014, 09:10 AM
#15
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Indiana
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$119 sounds reasonable to me.
For reference, one fall day I decided to replace the OE battery in my wife's '03 Navigator. It was about 6-years old. It had never let us down so I decided to go back with Motorcraft. (I'm willing to spend extra to keep her from getting stranded and save me a phone call and trip across town at an in opportune time, especially since I travel for work from time to time.)
Anyway, the dealer said that even if they didn't have one in stock when I stopped by to pick one up, they could get one quickly from the parts store/distributor around the corner...so I just went there myself. Saved $20. I remember a price of about $110 or $120, although I don't recall if that was the dealers's price or the distributor's. You may be able to find the dealer's supplier for a bit of a savings, but it isn't like you're gonna buy it for half price or anything.
For reference, one fall day I decided to replace the OE battery in my wife's '03 Navigator. It was about 6-years old. It had never let us down so I decided to go back with Motorcraft. (I'm willing to spend extra to keep her from getting stranded and save me a phone call and trip across town at an in opportune time, especially since I travel for work from time to time.)
Anyway, the dealer said that even if they didn't have one in stock when I stopped by to pick one up, they could get one quickly from the parts store/distributor around the corner...so I just went there myself. Saved $20. I remember a price of about $110 or $120, although I don't recall if that was the dealers's price or the distributor's. You may be able to find the dealer's supplier for a bit of a savings, but it isn't like you're gonna buy it for half price or anything.
02-16-2014, 09:14 AM
#17
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Indiana
Posts: 61
don't have any long-term experience yet, but I've been using BatteryMinder trickle chargers on my batteries. If I know our DD's will sit over a weekend or so, even, I'll trickle charge them because these chargers desulfate the cells. So far, I'm a believer - but I've only been using them for a couple years now.
If you're interested in one, I'd recommend buying from Northern Tool for the best price - you can usually find them for $40 "on sale." I've turned several guys at work onto them, and one has claimed that he can actually see that the cells have been desulfated over time
If you're interested in one, I'd recommend buying from Northern Tool for the best price - you can usually find them for $40 "on sale." I've turned several guys at work onto them, and one has claimed that he can actually see that the cells have been desulfated over time
02-16-2014, 09:44 AM
#19
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Thread Starter
I have 5 Battery Tender Jr's in operation as we speak.... errr..... type; one on the boat's starting battery, 2 on the boats 2 deep cycle batteries, one on the tractor battery and one on the Stang. At the moment, all of these suffer from lack of use especially since I'm working out-of-state and fly home twice a month. The Battery Tender JR can be had for about $25 on ebay and elsewhere. I've started using them for about 6 years ago and am very happy. They come with both alligator clips and with lugs that can be permanently attached to the battery so all you do is open the hood and plug in.
Lead-acid batteries are persnickety things at best. Their service life is affected by numerous things BESIDES design, construction and quality control. IF you're lucky AND IF you pay attention to your battery, you'll likely be able to ward off one of those "awwww chit"s when you turn the key and you get "click click click" or nothing.
Lead-acid batteries are persnickety things at best. Their service life is affected by numerous things BESIDES design, construction and quality control. IF you're lucky AND IF you pay attention to your battery, you'll likely be able to ward off one of those "awwww chit"s when you turn the key and you get "click click click" or nothing.
02-16-2014, 11:36 AM
#20
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Gainesville, Florida
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Also, just an FYI most of the batteries that people buy are manufactured by one company, Johnson Controls for the most part. So it doesn't really matter where you bought your battery, internally just about ever lead acid battery you come across at any auto parts store or even the dealer is going to be the same. The only differences is the casing and the labeling on most batteries.