Greg,
The guy at Pep Boys (like Western Auto in other parts of the U.S.) said
the same thing.
He mentioned 40 bucks at some places he knew of for a complete rebuild. I
paid the core charge for this very reason and plan to have the tar top battery
available in the future for show. Thanks for the info though. The guy at Pep
Boys might not have mentioned this and list members such as yourself make this
list worthwhile because of the wealth of information. Funny how an invention
like the computer and the internet make an invention of basically 1930's
technology easier to restore and maintain.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Greg Higgins wrote:
> Mike
>
> Don't you have any places out there that rebuild car batteries? There are
> several companies in the Toronto area where I live, that charge $80.00 to
> rebuild a battery , the turn around time is 1 or 2 days. The rebuild is
> guaranteed for 1 year.
> I had the top on my Lucas reproduction battery stripped and retared, the
> cost was $20.00 and I had it back the next day.
> Greg Higgins
> AN-7
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 1:17 AM
> Subject: Repro Lucas Battery
>
> > I just had to replace a new reproduction Lucas tar-top battery that had
> > only been in the car since I got the engine running after rebuild. This
> > car has not even been on the road yet! I had been charging it with a
> > Surecharge float charger and getting corrosion on the terminals
> > from long term float charging. It cooked off the battery acid below the
> > plates on one cell and the rest were low. I have only run the engine
> > for a gallon or two of gas so far, so I don't think the charging circuit
> > in the car did this. The local Pep Boys put it on a battery analyzer
> > and gave me a thumbs down on it. Replaced it with a Group 24 - 72 month
> > battery and the car is back to normal. The old battery was working fine
> > one day and acted like it was completely dead the next. Someone warned
> > me about the repro batteries being advertised in the usual catalogs.
> > For what I paid for the Lucas battery, I could have bought 2 1/2
> > batteries like the one I put in tonight. Someone kick me.
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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