Scott,
I've got something else for you to check out. I just got a brand new
Nascar Select Gold Series battery for my work truck. $90 new with 2yr free
replacement and 84months pro-rated.
Anyhow, the "new" battery did the exact same thing as yours. I then
discovered that the battery had been sitting on NAPA's shelf for 3 1/2 yrs.
It was junk.
Check your battery and see if you can find a little sticker on it with a
letter and number side by side. The letter is the month and the number the
year. My example "D7" was made April 1997. hence the junkness of it.
The replacement battery was a "B0" February 2000
Shawn
51 Chevy 1ton panel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Rice - ATCX" <srice@mail.maricopa.gov>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 10:08 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Battery problems
> I am new to this list and very new at owning an ole Chevy truck. I
recently
> inherited a 1954 3600. I know very little about the truck other than it
was
> parked about 9 years ago. Well I cleaned all fuel lines and the tank and
> purchased a new 6 volt battery. When I attempted to start the truck, I
> seemed as if the battery was dead, it would barely turn over. I decided to
> jump start the truck (directly to the starter) and much to my surprise it
> started almost immediately and purred like a kitten.
> My problem now is that even with a fully charged 6 volt battery the truck
> will not crank fast enough to start. Also if I leave the battery connected
> it goes completely dead after a few hours. I would appreciate any and all
> suggestions and/or opinions regarding this.
>
> Scott Rice
> 54 - 3600
> Phx AZ
>
>
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