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Subject:Re: 2 batteries for the price of 1?
From:Matthew Pollard
Date:Mon, 13 May 2002 16:23:35 -0700

I was about 90 miles away from home and my battery died (electric cooler
was left plugged in for a few hours). My battery was 4 years old so i
decided to purchase a new one while i was away. So to Walmart i went.
Purchased a battery. All is well... it is now about a year old and
barely can crank over the engine. I have heard this from a few people
that wallmart batteries are crappola. My alternator is healthy and i
have no other current leaks.
matthew
84 weekender  FOR SALE
86 syncro westy tiico

And NO i don't shop at walmart anymore. No way. Nothing. Never ever
ever.

Bradley Flubacher wrote:
>
> I can get the recommended cranking battery for my '81 diesel westy at
> WalMart pretty cheap. In fact, so cheap that I could also buy a suitable
> deep-cycle battery and still cost a bit less than it would be to buy an
> Interstate battery at my FLAPS. What do you recomment?
> BRad