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LandCruiserPhil

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One of the most expense batteries you can buy. At 3 years almost to the day Im not impressed. Lived an easy life, never jumped or put on a charger by me. Replaced with a guarantee for life:grinpimp: Blue Optima from Costco
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Did Sears have any comment? Seems like we all had a thread on this battery topic a month or two ago and the Sears battery was heralded as the best of breed.

Hope it didn't ruin your trip.
 
You get 2 nyuks for your thread title
 
Saddletramp said:
Did Sears have any comment? Seems like we all had a thread on this battery topic a month or two ago and the Sears battery was heralded as the best of breed.

Hope it didn't ruin your trip.
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I discovered the problem 11 pm Friday night and had an unused Blue Optima in stock.:D
 
LandCruiserPhil said:
I discovered the problem 11 pm Friday night and had an unused Blue Optima in stock.:D
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I have blown through blue and yellow's like water all with free replacement by the Costco... But I do have a red top from 2004 going strong lol three car's later:grinpimp:

I hope the two plat's I have now don't take a dump:censor:
 
I jumped on a Walmart special years ago because I needed one late at night. Who knows if they're any good but they have a 3 year free replacement. They seem to last right about three years. I just got my second replacement battery today, both have been free.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm not buying a battery, I'm buying a warranty.:meh:
 
I have two - one of the PM 1's lasted less than a year - and was used very little - Sears replaced it free - pricy for a throw away battery - these batteries are not all that... Been through the yellow tops and gave those three three chances

guess I am hard on batteries :)
 
desertdude said:
I have two - one of the PM 1's lasted less than a year - and was used very little - Sears replaced it free - pricy for a throw away battery - these batteries are not all that... Been through the yellow tops and gave those three three chances

guess I am hard on batteries :)
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Wow Pasquale good to see you around here...didn't know you were still around:D
 
So school me on batteries. The battery in my 89 died a year or so ago back. I put in a red top from the 76 I bought four years ago. I've had to jump it the last couple of times. Last weekend it was die again. I put a charger on it around noon. About six o'clock I went to check on it. Still in the red on the charger but the battery was very hot.:eek: So are you not suppose to use a charger on red tops?:meh:

Now what should I replace this with? Looking to get two batteries. One for a 89 FJ62 and the other for a FJ40 (F/2F) type cruiser. Both vehicles will spent weeks with no use. Will be kept at 7,000' and in a garage. So the desert isn't really a issue. But spenting weeks with no use is. Does Costco require their life time warranty to be registered to a vehicle or just sold across the counter?
 
Living in the Past said:
So school me on batteries. The battery in my 89 died a year or so ago back. I put in a red top from the 76 I bought four years ago. I've had to jump it the last couple of times. Last weekend it was die again. I put a charger on it around noon. About six o'clock I went to check on it. Still in the red on the charger but the battery was very hot.:eek: So are you not suppose to use a charger on red tops?:meh:

Now what should I replace this with? Looking to get two batteries. One for a 89 FJ62 and the other for a FJ40 (F/2F) type cruiser. Both vehicles will spent weeks with no use. Will be kept at 7,000' and in a garage. So the desert isn't really a issue. But spenting weeks with no use is. Does Costco require their life time warranty to be registered to a vehicle or just sold across the counter?
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Costco warranty - you bring the battery and tell them its bad...that is it, No receipt needed, no testing of anything, no question asked.
 
LandCruiserPhil said:
Costco warranty - you bring the battery and tell them its bad...that is it, No receipt needed, no testing of anything, no question asked.
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That helps

Is it just me or is the costco website not that user friendly. Even when using "in the warehouse" I can't get automotive batteries to come up. All I can get are the solar panels and jump starters:confused:
 
Living in the Past said:
That helps

Is it just me or is the costco website not that user friendly. Even when using "in the warehouse" I can't get automotive batteries to come up. All I can get are the solar panels and jump starters:confused:
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'in the warehouse' only brings up new items, at least for me.
 
-Spike- said:
'in the warehouse' only brings up new items, at least for me.
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I tried both ways. Tried online purchases first, then "in the warehouse" thinking they couldn't ship batteries thru UPS/FedEx. Just can't find batteries at all. What was the cost for the Blue Optima. Even if I had to register it to a vehicle I would still come out ahead. Owned it since 93 and no plans to sell it. lLt my kids worry about getting rid of it.


Going back to my Red Top. Are you not suppose to use a regular charger on them. It just bothered me as hot as the battery was it could have blown up if I had forgot to turn it off and burned my garage down. Once I stopped the charger and it got quiet I could hear pressure being relieved from the battery and it stopped after a minute.:eek:
 
Living in the Past said:
I tried both ways. Tried online purchases first, then "in the warehouse" thinking they couldn't ship batteries thru UPS/FedEx. Just can't find batteries at all. What was the cost for the Blue Optima. Even if I had to register it to a vehicle I would still come out ahead. Owned it since 93 and no plans to sell it. lLt my kids worry about getting rid of it.


Going back to my Red Top. Are you not suppose to use a regular charger on them. It just bothered me as hot as the battery was it could have blown up if I had forgot to turn it off and burned my garage down. Once I stopped the charger and it got quiet I could hear pressure being relieved from the battery and it stopped after a minute.:eek:
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Recently, there was a major thread about this, I think on the 80 forum. Seems like one of the major battery gurus, maybe from Optima, explained the correct way to do it. With certain battery chargers, you have to set it up parallel with another good battery, or something like that. Search a round and it should not be too hard to find. OTOH, I have had nothing but good results using a 10+ amp old style charger on my blue top. Couple of times it was so low it would not even click the starter, but once I resolved a slow bleed problem, It still works great. Feels like the battery holds 100% between monthly startups on my Piggy. John
 
inkpot said:
Recently, there was a major thread about this, I think on the 80 forum. Seems like one of the major battery gurus, maybe from Optima, explained the correct way to do it. With certain battery chargers, you have to set it up parallel with another good battery, or something like that. Search a round and it should not be too hard to find. OTOH, I have had nothing but good results using a 10+ amp old style charger on my blue top. Couple of times it was so low it would not even click the starter, but once I resolved a slow bleed problem, It still works great. Feels like the battery holds 100% between monthly startups on my Piggy. John
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Or you can alway do like I did:hillbilly: pump 40A into a dead Red Optima and forget about it for 6 hours until it splits, swells up, too hot to touch, and is smoking then if its like mine it will hold the charge:hillbilly:
 
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