Battery recomendations?

[88Racing]

Well ended up with an interstate. Couldn't beat the specs and warranty.
I was going to put a motorcraft in but the dealership I stopped in at was out of the 650's. So the parts guy offered me the interstate for the same price.
The battery has 850cca and 1000ca. Not to bad for $90. Saved $10 overall.
Got home and did the install in about 20mintes. Made sure everything was nice and clean. As for the old one, I charged it up and did a load test and it didn't pass. Repaired the battery tender cord still going to give it another shot.
Anything learned here?
Yes, a battery that is 4 years or older your living on borrowed time.

btw Found some more stuff the cat chewed on. He's banned now from the garage.

Lars

[Jackpine]

You're lucky it's just your cat. Here in Tucson (thankfully not where we live) there is a pretty good population of packrats. Those little buggers will make nests up in your nice warm engine bay. And, they really enjoy munching on any exposed wiring they find in there. They cause all sorts of electrical problems.

There are two "fixes" for the critters - one is to leave your hood open at night, they don't think the space is so cosy then. The other is to install underhood lighting that's always on, because they seem to prefer dark spaces. Fortunately, LEDs have made that option very viable now, and I've helped some friends with that installation.

- Jack

[88Racing]

Originally Posted by JackandJanet

You're lucky it's just your cat. Here in Tucson (thankfully not where we live) there is a pretty good population of packrats. Those little buggers will make nests up in your nice warm engine bay. And, they really enjoy munching on any exposed wiring they find in there. They cause all sorts of electrical problems.

There are two "fixes" for the critters - one is to leave your hood open at night, they don't think the space is so cosy then. The other is to install underhood lighting that's always on, because they seem to prefer dark spaces. Fortunately, LEDs have made that option very viable now, and I've helped some friends with that installation.

- Jack

I have found that using drier sheets like bounty. That stuffing them were the vermin like to get in is a good deterant. Also moth balls but mainly the drier sheet cause they just smell better.

But the led light idea? Now that just may work if they don't like the light!

Lars

[Jackpine]

Originally Posted by 88Racing

I have found that using drier sheets like bounty. That stuffing them were the vermin like to get in is a good deterant. Also moth balls but mainly the drier sheet cause they just smell better.

But the led light idea? Now that just may work if they don't like the light!

Lars

I didn't mean to hijack a battery thread, but it seemed a good opportunity to relate a cure for rodents in the engine bay.

Our yard also has numerous cute little round-tailed ground squirrels. They look a bit like chipmunks, but no stripes and their tails are thinner. A proposed deterrent is dryer sheets in their holes - doesn't work. Also, cat poop (from the cat litter box) is supposed to discourage them - doesn't work. The only thing I've found that DOES work is to physically trap and remove them (we use Have-A-Heart traps and take them a couple of miles away). One summer we moved over 100 out of the backyard alone!

Maybe I ought to figure out a way to put LEDs into their homes! That DOES seem to protect engine bays.

- Jack