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07-10-2007, 10:09 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
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Anybody ever see a sidepost battery do this?
I was getting ready to head out to play volleyball after work and the gauges jumped around with a weird noise but no crank over to the engine. So I popped the hood and started to check the battery and cables and the positive cable just popped right out of the battery! It looks like it was rusting from the inside out and caused higher resistance which melted the connecter. The positive cable looks like it took a couple of high resistance shots and started to melt the casing so I'll need to replace that as well and it doesn't look like a cheap cable. Luckily the 70 had a sidepost battery in it so I swapped it out and was up and running. I'm just glad this happened at home and not at the beach!
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07-10-2007, 10:12 PM
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yup, I've seen that before.
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07-10-2007, 10:14 PM
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Co-Founder / Site Admin
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Me too....
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07-10-2007, 10:14 PM
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quite a bit
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07-10-2007, 10:20 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
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What a lousy design that could lead to an electrical fire easily. Like I said, I'm lucky it came loose at home.
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07-10-2007, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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happened to me when i bought my 2000 z28, had to get a new battery, and a new pair of shorts after it got all over me
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07-10-2007, 11:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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every single acdelco battery does that when i was working doing triple A road side repair i worked in the battery truck most days and 99% of the calls were acdelco batterys with that exact problem
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07-10-2007, 11:40 PM
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Yup same here
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07-11-2007, 12:20 AM
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sweeeeeeeeeettttttt! did you touch it to see if it was acid coming out of there?
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07-11-2007, 03:53 AM
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i hate sidepost batteries....******** pieces of garbage
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07-11-2007, 05:16 AM
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dont buy another delco 
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07-11-2007, 07:27 AM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
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Hmmm, do any of the other brand batteries do the same thing? I'm not spending money on AC Delco for something that could cause big problems.
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07-11-2007, 08:24 AM
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never had a problem like that, all my 3rd gens have been sidepost no-name batteries lol no acdelcos tho
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07-11-2007, 08:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JL8Jeff
Hmmm, do any of the other brand batteries do the same thing? I'm not spending money on AC Delco for something that could cause big problems.
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as long as you dont buy ac-delco your good to go
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07-11-2007, 09:04 AM
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Yes, the OE delco in my Olds did the same thing. Too bad, their batteries are generally very good, but I have heard this about delco sideposts many times. I would not buy a s/p Delco, but I would buy a top post.
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07-11-2007, 09:43 AM
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I had that happen with a delco battery and a no name battery. The no name battery froze to the ground cable and I had to replace the ground cable and the battery.
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07-11-2007, 11:07 AM
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i run interstates, never had any issues
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07-11-2007, 11:48 AM
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optima batteries are where its at
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07-11-2007, 12:42 PM
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i run an optima red top
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07-11-2007, 04:06 PM
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ive never had or seen a delco do that.
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07-11-2007, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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yup Ive seen it many times, =there are only a few battery manufacturers in the country, ac delco just puts their name on one of them, interstate has the same amount of problems as the rest of them. optima is by far the best type battery but, there are other gel cell batteries out there that are the same thing and last just as long as the optima but not the name!
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07-14-2007, 05:01 PM
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I had an optima red top too, best thing i ever bought for my car, also saved the car in the accident, it took the majority of the blow.
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07-16-2007, 06:15 AM
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other than having batteries go dead, i've never had any issue with them, and certainly nothing like that. that's crazy.
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07-16-2007, 08:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DieselKickYoAss4Sure
yup Ive seen it many times, =there are only a few battery manufacturers in the country, ac delco just puts their name on one of them, interstate has the same amount of problems as the rest of them. optima is by far the best type battery but, there are other gel cell batteries out there that are the same thing and last just as long as the optima but not the name!
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Are these cheaper then Optimas?
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I had an optima red top too, best thing i ever bought for my car, also saved the car in the accident, it took the majority of the blow.
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I thought you bought too big of a battery and just smushed it in!
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07-16-2007, 10:55 AM
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Keyboard Tough Guy
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I've had several sideposts without that issue 
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