[TR] Battery "Leaking"

[Marty Clark]

Got home last night from class after about a 12 mile run on the freeway
doing about 70MPH and I noticed fluid in the battery tray liner when I
was checking for antifreeze leaks because I had replaced the radiator last
weekend. Turns out it's barrery acid (it ate the paper towel I was using to
wipe it out of the liner). Assuming I had a bad battery I pulled it and set
it outside for the night. The caps were in place last night when I popped
them to confirm it was now low on fluid. I had refiller it less than 2 weeks
ago. When I got home today and picked it up to go buy a new one I noticed it
had not leaked anymore since I pulled it from the car. Tonight I put it back
in to see if maybe it was overcharging and had "boiled" over. The meter had
read just over 13 all the way home the other night, pretty normal for my
TR6. I connected my external volt meter and it read 12.6 with the car off
and 13.85 when running and moved up to 13.9 at 3000 RPM rpm. I don't want to
replace the battery if that not the issue. Any ideas?

Marty Clark
Gilbert, AZ
1974 TR6 CF17352U
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