[Shop-talk] add water to "maintenance-free" battery?

[Randall]

Break the covers off (usually the welds are weaker and you'll be left with a cap that works) and add some distilled water.

Might not solve the problem, but you've got nothing to lose.
-- Randall

On 21 July 2019 17:18:01 GMT-05:00, Lee Daniels via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
>I suspect this has come up before, but my quick archive search didn't
>turn up
>anything.
>
>The DieHard in my TR6 is several years old, but it sits on a Battery
>MINDer
>most of the time. Lately when I start the car, I first get one short
>"Rrr"
>like a dead battery. But keep trying and it turns over *very*
>reluctantly for
>a few revs, then (so far) builds speed, and eventually starts. After a
>drive,
>it starts normally.
>
>It's now sat for a day, so I figured I'd check the water level - but,
>uh-oh,
>can't figure out a way to get the cover off without tearing up the
>battery.
>See attached photo. I can pry on the two ends and get them to barely
>move, but
>the edges of the cover don't budge with gentle prying.
>
>Out of the car, I measure >12.8V, and it's never had any corrosion etc.
>Is
>there anything I can do with this thing?
>
>Thanks
> Lee
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