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Re: Got the car started - for 5 minutes! Need battery!

To: Avi Flax <avi@pccdesign.com>
Subject: Re: Got the car started - for 5 minutes! Need battery!
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:05:27 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net, spridgets@autox.team.net
In-reply-to: <4.1.19990622183002.032aff10@gorilla.doceus.com>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Avi,

I think it's a very standard size.  Every auto parts store should have
one.  Take it out (have fun:) and take it to the store.

Ulix


On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Avi Flax wrote:

> Well, I think I found the problem. The battery is dying. I used a Voltmeter 
>to check everything, and the highest voltage I could get from the battery was 
>5.7. I also checked the ground to the body and the positive connection deeper 
>in the engine bay. I also tightened the wires going into the main fuse before 
>the fusebox. Then I hooked up my Trans Am again, and all of a sudden 
>everything worked! I charged it for awhile, the car was running, everything 
>seemed great. Then I was driving it back to my place and it died again. The 
>Voltmeter said the battery was putting out 3V. My brother said the battery is 
>5 years old and that it's probably bad. We hope it's not the generator.
> 
> Anyway, the local parts store doesn't have a battery for the Midget - where 
>can I get one, or is there a specific part number / brand / model number that 
>will work? It's a 1979 Midget.
> 
> Thanks again for all the help!
> 
> Avi
> 

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