My Wesco Miata battery died after 2 years, got a new one with partial payment
under the warranty.
May be a pattern here.
Gary C
In a message dated 3/9/03 5:45:33 PM Pacific Standard Time,
horne@cs.utexas.edu writes:
> I have a Miata battery (from Westco) in my Roadster and really like it. I
> have much more room around the distributor with it in place. Right now I
> am using a rod across the top of the battery that was intended for a much
> larger battery. It works, but doesn't look very good.
>
> This is my second Westco co battery, the first one died within a year. I
> don't know if it died because of a defect, or because it is in th eengine
> compartment in Texas! Miata's have their batteries in the trunk. Mine
> would not hold a charge and the front end of the battery was bowed in. I
> figure that it was getting too hot in the engine compartment, and plan on
> putting the battery in a metal box that will be vented to the fender well.
> Actually, I am thinking about a double wall box with thin insulation
> between the the layers. Westco didn't even question the failure, just
> shipped me a new one and asked me to take the old one to a recycler.
>
> Anyone else have a Westco battery fail like this?
>
> Peace,
> Pat
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