Battery boost

Dec 30, 2015 105 Replies
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A bad idea on older cars too. On my way home from work one day I noticed my ammeter was reading way high. '66 Ford F-100 with 352. Stopped at a gas station and told the mechanic to check it out. He disconnected a battery cable while it was running - don't know which one. The heater fan took off like a jet engine, and a bunch of fuses blew, and a couple tail light bulbs. And I shut it down almost instantly with the ignition key. Drove it home (about 1/2 mile) and fixed everything. Think the alt had failed with an open diode. Unusual fail mode.

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Prolly true. I got nothing newer than '90. ;)

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Heck, even my radios complain when I unhook the battery.

"Enter Code"

It's a security feature that I hope the thieves know about. It's no help to me if they rip out the radio and then can't use it without the code. I'd still be without a radio. All I can hope is that the thieves know about the feature and move on to the next vehicle.

I don't recall if it was in this forum or another, but one guy was saying that he lives without a radio because he refuses to pay a dealer the $50 they want to look up the code for his radio. He changed his battery and now has no working radio.

I've got 3 Honda's with that feature. Luckily I have the codes for all 3.

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Mark Lloyd posted for all of us...

Like Tesla? Take your hoverboard along in case one needs to keep warm after the car fire.

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notbob posted for all of us...

Ya think?

It doesn't

I wouldn't.

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Tekkie® formulated on Tuesday :

Ignorance is your hoverboard tekkie.

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