I must be the only person who never had trouble with 'em. My '88 GMC S15 had
side terminals and I never had any issue whatever. The '88 GMC 1500 farmtruck
had 'em and we never had any trouble with that.
My friend in college had an S10 Blazer and THAT had troubles but it was with
the starter end of the positive cable. I fixed that one day in the parking lot
with nothing but a crescent wrench... I needed it to drive to Maine (from MA,
about 400 miles round trip) so I could renew the registration on my S15 that
some *&^%! cop had towed since the registration was 2 days expired.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:35:33 -0600
From: Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] how to check block heater
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> Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
> That stupid Suburban pissed me off just a little while ago.
> So I pulled into the local Walmart to fill it up with 78 worth
> of diesel because they are still selling for 2.59 everywhere
> else is 2.66-2.69, I get in it to start, click, nothing. I
> know exactly what it is, those side post battery connectors
> tend to loosen up after a while, so I go to open the hood and
> it wont open. Crap. Sometimes it will stick but if I slam
> the drivers door, it pops open. No suck luck today. I
> finally got it to open after about 5 min of messing with it.
> Jiggled the bat cable on one of the batteries, and it fired
> right up.
I have, over the years, converted every side post to top post.
The side post just isn't rugged enough.
I also coat the terminals (when clean) with wheel bearing
grease. No corrosion!
-- Philip
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