If the van has been sitting for a while it would be worth trying to charge
the battery before assuming it has a dead cell. That might be just all that
is needed. Six years is good service out of a battery though.

-Mark

On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 5:43 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Was all set to go for a nice cruise today in Vanagon.  Instrument cluster
> lights ok, but no familiar sound from fuel pump.  No crank, no click, no
> nothing.  Parking lights work, but no headlights.  Voltmeter says 10.0 VDC;
> makes me assume 1 dead cell.  Walmart Group 41 battery is exactly 6 years
> old, I'm used to getting much longer life, but with Covid I will admit not
> too much long distance driving these days.  Tried PepBoys, NAPA, O'Reillys,
> Walmart via computer...these Group 41 batteries are getting harder and
> harder to find.  But local Autozone has one; I called....the guy checked in
> the back to physically confirm the thing exists; no idea of Manufacture
> Date.  My plan is to take old battery to Autozone and have them check out;
> assuming it's dead will immediately buy new one and install.  I will add
> that I recently in last month replaced old alternator in Subie EJ22 motor
> with a new one; no issues, but the old one was at least 160K miles and
> replaced as a preventative measure; wondering if the renewed voltage coming
> into old battery kind of pushed it over the edge, don't know, probably just
> a coincidence.  Old Walmart battery was $100; new batteries are $150, just
> the way it goes.
> Rich
> San Diego
>