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See above post about embarrassment, lol.
Ok, so they put the battery in the car, pulled it up front and said “ok, your turn, do the registration thing” so I’m like “yeah, sure no problem! On the way out to the car the mechanic says “I don’t know man, none of your dash lights or tachometer or anything is working!”
So of course, I’m like “well it’s probably just the intelligent battery system, no worries.”
Then:
FATE STRIKES AGAIN!
I go out there, unzip the bag and pull out my Schwaben tool......(keep in mind that they are all looking over my shoulder at this point because they don’t believe I can register it!) ..... so I hop in, pop in the key fob, turn on the ignition, plug in my scanner......and NOTHING! The scan tool won’t even turn on!
What the heck? After wiping the egg off my face for a moment. I ignored the chuckles behind me and said I can figure this out! Then I remembered seeing a fuse labeled OBD in the passenger footwell fuse box. Pulled it and sure enough the 5 amp fuse had popped! Had him hand me a new one, put it in, and the scanner powered right up! Less than 2 minutes later I had the new battery registered! Then when I went to square up the bill, they were all impressed, and wanted to know what, where and how much I got it for! Ha ha!
Even though it tested ok, it would not charge to more than 60% so I feel better having a new one in there regardless. Piece of mind is definitely worth a few bucks!
Now onto the next project!!
I want to see how “Dunk” looks with all the chrome and the wheels blacked out.
So I’m going to do a little bit of coating with some Plasti-Dip to see how he looks. If I dig it, I’ll look for a more permanent solution. The wheels I think I could have powder coated if I like it, there is a place nearby, and an old friend works there.
The chrome though, I’ll have to find a good alternative that lasts and doesn’t chip....unless the plasti-dip turns out well enough! I did a patch of chrome on my old Toyota pickup and a couple of weeks later, it actually looks pretty good! We’ll see....but it’s main appeal is ease of removal.

 

Thanks, I was kind of curious myself, because the battery will only seem to carry about a 60% charge anymore. I think I would be smart to just go ahead and replace it anyway. Costco has one for it for only around $120 and I can register it myself now with my Schwaben tool, so if that includes install I may just do it tomorrow morning while I’m filling some prescriptions there, since I’ll already be there.

 

Yeah, I was ready to buy one this morning, but they had no clue about it needing to be vented, and didn’t have one that would. So I have an appointment tomorrow morning at 9:00am to have a Bosch battery with a 96 month warranty installed. The guy at PepBoys (I know, I know) knew exactly what I was talking about and the computer had a specific note about it. So I felt better about going that route even though it’s a few $ more.

 

I guess I’m just a glutton for punishment! Ha ha...... I suppose I should have said the last of the current problems, lol

 

Duncan is in the bay right now getting a new battery. Pretty funny though as everyone here is a bit skeptical about me being able register the new battery, since they can’t, they don’t believe that I can, lol....I really hope I do this right and don’t embarrass myself here! Ha ha!

 

It really was fast and simple to do.....once it powered up, lol.
It was so much blind luck that when I was looking for an airbag fuse the other day, I just happened to remember seeing one of the fuses labeled OBD. Otherwise it may have taken days to figure out, ha ha.

 

Well I’m sitting here at Les Swab, they are going to test the battery and tell me if it needs replaced. The one at Costco is about $80 cheaper, but not vented the way that they are supposed to be, so.....we’ll see what they say..... ????