![]() I had a new (two months old) battery from walmart fail on me last year, just died suddenly.I was on the road, didn't have time to deal with the warranty, so I bought another one for $60 and put it in, then when I got home I got the dead one replaced for free. ![]() In fact, as I was leaving with the new battery, a guy was pulling a new battery with an "Interstate" label from his car, and said, "This was over $300 and it's 6 months old!". I know this is anecdotal, but I've heard the same story LOTS lately. Since the previous owner had bought the battery, there was no point in going to Wal-Mart (and I won't shop there for anything), I left with a new, $200 battery, which fixed it. Sure enough, tested with a load, the battery showed a dead cell. Not knowing what else I could do, I pulled the 6 month old, Wal-Mart 700A hour battery and headed to the local )'Rielley's. So, I put the tools away, and once again, it wouldn't start. To make a long story short, I started checking, battery voltage 13+, I cleaned all the cables, ended up replacing the (new) Ford style remote solenoid, and it started right up again. It stalled when I tried to back out of the garage, and then wouldn't start again. ![]() That seemed weird, but I let it run long enough that it'd idle (there's no choke on the Holley carb), and put the charger away. So, I put my little charger on it, and in about 5 minutes, it fired right up. I'd had the ignition on a couple days ago trying to get the brake lights and turn signals to work (the lights in the trunk lid had bad grounds, which makes for wonky lighting), so I thought maybe I'd just run the battery down and it hadn't been run enough to be charged up. Got in, hit the key, the starter went, "CLUNK". Yesterday I was going to go for an afternoon drive in my "new" '62 Impala. ![]()
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