Those who park for winter...
12-15-2006, 01:08 AM
#11
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RE: Those who park for winter...
ORIGINAL: mygt500
Go buy the battery tender plus! it will put a full charge on the battery and the next time you start it that problem will not happen! It worked for me! There are many threads on here that go into great detail and it helps! do a search and the results on that search are plenty
Go buy the battery tender plus! it will put a full charge on the battery and the next time you start it that problem will not happen! It worked for me! There are many threads on here that go into great detail and it helps! do a search and the results on that search are plenty
ORIGINAL: SICNESS
I planned on starting mine and letting it idle for a half hour every Sunday (it's in a heated garage). Now it has been 3 and a half weeks since I put her away and I went to start her up this past Sunday and the battery was dead.
So...I guess you should try to start it up more than once a week...lol.
I planned on starting mine and letting it idle for a half hour every Sunday (it's in a heated garage). Now it has been 3 and a half weeks since I put her away and I went to start her up this past Sunday and the battery was dead.
So...I guess you should try to start it up more than once a week...lol.
Battery Tender Plus
12-15-2006, 01:10 AM
#12
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RE: Those who park for winter...
Just starting wont put a full charge on the battery and ford has this option on many of there models that if the battery drops below I think it was nine volts it will discharge the battery to save the computer....I know that doesn't make much since but I have a great battery that died since storage in the beginning of Nov the battery died 3 times. I tested the battery under load and the alternater which is stock at 14Volts output and it was working properly. The battery tender worked great and you can leave it on all the time except at start up I disconnect it. I check it once a week and have it up off the floor on a thick piece of rubber to isolate it!
12-15-2006, 01:11 AM
#13
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RE: Those who park for winter...
I agree it works for me and I do have a car cover om as well! Thanks for the advice! Jason
ORIGINAL: discofan
The cars in a garage (not heated) with a cover over it.
I hook up a trickle charger to the battery and put Stabil in the gas tank...
I start it every week for about 30 minutes and only drive it if there is no snow or the temps are really cold (so no slappy weather)...
I've done this to my sports cars for over 20 years and have never had a problem come springtime...
Try It!!!
Dave
P.S Change the oil and filter in the Fall and then again in the spring before driving season starts...
The cars in a garage (not heated) with a cover over it.
I hook up a trickle charger to the battery and put Stabil in the gas tank...
I start it every week for about 30 minutes and only drive it if there is no snow or the temps are really cold (so no slappy weather)...
I've done this to my sports cars for over 20 years and have never had a problem come springtime...
Try It!!!
Dave
P.S Change the oil and filter in the Fall and then again in the spring before driving season starts...
12-15-2006, 01:18 AM
#14
Join Date: Nov 2006
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RE: Those who park for winter...
ORIGINAL: discofan
The cars in a garage (not heated) with a cover over it.
I hook up a trickle charger to the battery and put Stabil in the gas tank...
I start it every week for about 30 minutes and only drive it if there is no snow or the temps are really cold (so no slappy weather)...
I've done this to my sports cars for over 20 years and have never had a problem come springtime...
Try It!!!
Dave
P.S Change the oil and filter in the Fall and then again in the spring before driving season starts...
The cars in a garage (not heated) with a cover over it.
I hook up a trickle charger to the battery and put Stabil in the gas tank...
I start it every week for about 30 minutes and only drive it if there is no snow or the temps are really cold (so no slappy weather)...
I've done this to my sports cars for over 20 years and have never had a problem come springtime...
Try It!!!
Dave
P.S Change the oil and filter in the Fall and then again in the spring before driving season starts...
I miss my car...and you already know where I'm at.
Here's a hint...mine is the red one:
EDIT: I'm computer inept and I can't get the link up...
12-15-2006, 01:23 AM
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RE: Those who park for winter...
ORIGINAL: mygt500
I love that torch red color too!
I love that torch red color too!
HAHA! GOT IT!
EDIT: Link removed until Discofan gives me permission. [8D] mygt500 will be the only person to have seen it.
12-15-2006, 11:52 AM
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RE: Those who park for winter...
Yeah, no kidding... Chrysler has about 100,000 unsold vehicles sitting in lots around Detroit the news is reporting right now...
Wonder if they got interns going around starting them once a week!!!
Wonder if they got interns going around starting them once a week!!!
ORIGINAL: mygt500
Regardless of what you do many cars stay on the lot unstarted for months and they run fine. .
Regardless of what you do many cars stay on the lot unstarted for months and they run fine. .