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it was the battery
I have a sears model
I replaced it with an interstate model for 110 and .5 hr labor for 161 this morning because I had to move the car, after AAA gave me a boost, which was parked on the wrong side of the street (alternate side of the street parking here in NYC).
My sears batteries usually last 2years. It will be intereesting to find out how many years this interstate battery will last.
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Originally posted by contour_phoenix_when:
I replaced it with an interstate model for 110 and .5 hr labor for 161 this morning because I had to move the car, after AAA gave me a boost, which was parked on the wrong side of the street (alternate side of the street parking here in NYC).
Please tell me they let you keep the bottle of KY!
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'01 Escape XLT V6 on S100
CDT Audio/Ascendant Audio/Rockford/JBL/Knukonceptz setup
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I had to move the car otherwise I would have gotton a ticket and the local sears was not yet open.
guess I should have let the car run until 10am when sears opened.
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I got a battery at Walmart for $42 and it has lasted me for 3 years so far...
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No shiz! Someone got bent over.
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i do belive that my battery has been in there for 4-5 years with no problem.... maybe i should change it just in case... :-\
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Sometimes I just start slowing down and glare in the rearview and say "yeah I could go for an SVT rear". Jackasses.
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the interstate battery website www.ibs.com recommended Part# MT-47 (Mega-Tron - 60 Months - 590 CCA) Remood clearanceve interior padding of heat shield to fit group 47 or 58r. Watch h LIST PRICE $95.95 SUGGESTED PRICE $79.95 yet the model installed in my car was exb41-60. yes still a 41 series but not a model listed at the ibs website.
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I just replaced my Walmart battery that I bought in April 2001 for $42 as well. There's a 24 month warrenty, but I am over the warrenty by a few months.
So I bought a new Interstate battery like you did, model MT-47 and 60 month warranty. But I bought it for the same price that the shop pays for it. I paid $58 + tax. Cheap! I get good deals.
And they say it's not who you know? Wrong, it's all who ya know.
I am still going to return the Walmart battery and pay the prorated price to replace my bad battery and have 1 in stock, you never know when you'll need one (the one that's bad isn't charging).
This new battery is smaller then the Walmart battery so I have to pay a visit to the junk yard to get the battery holders. They fell out one time and my friend never put them back in. I think I seen on here someone who sells them, painted, I will search and see who it is.
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