Well the Lucky Horseshoe have been at work overtime...
After I had the episode with Fedex smashing the last known repro AGM Group 27 battery in existence, I told my buddy Al who owns the local old-timer garage where we all hang out at.
He promptly tilts his head, looks up (which means he is reviewing his internal inventory of junk he has never thrown out) and then walks over the the corner of his garage and pulls out an NOS 2444607 Group 27 Mopar replacement battery from 1973 that he has had sitting in the corner cabinet under a pile of alternators since 1973.
This is the exact part number for the 1970 battery for a 1970 Cuda, although a dealer replacement part since the later style had the dual three-vent caps instead of the single red verticle venting caps.
He called the local Napa store and they brought over a carton of battery electrolyte and we filled it up. It initially only read 6 volts but after the charger went through the de-sulfating process it is currently charging and holding 12+ volts. We stopped the charger for the day and he will hook it back up on Monday to let it run the full charging cycle for a new battery.
How's that for happy Saturday?
Last edited by njsteve; 04-04-2021 at 03:40 PM.
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