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Favorite Comment: Fixer Gargomon says, “For Sale:
One Car. Great Condition.
Batteries Not Included.”
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I love the smell of battery acid in the morning!
I remember doing that on my old Chevy Van when the alternator would not charge the battery. I kept a spare and cables (charging each at home) and just hooked up when the regular battery would not keep the engine running, to get home, until I could get wiring (not alternator) replaced – ended up doing it myself. It was intermittent, ended up replacing the entire wiring harness. I also hooked up a VW light switch when the GM one failed in the dash, as well as a toggle switch for back up lights when that switch failed. Wish I had pics from then (almost 20 years ago)
Especially as it eats through your pant leg.
You’d think they could at least have put it on the passenger side.
Wow, this is the very first pic on this site I don’t get! o_O
For Sale:
One Car. Great Condition.
Batteries Not Included.
This car is like my previous laptop. Genuine battery is crap.
I’ve done this before!
The cool thing is you can hardly notice it. From the other side. Without your glasses. At night.
Been there. Almost done that. Car with a very expensive starter;$400 on a $500 car. Starter’s not dead, but it takes way too many amps to get it going. New extra battery 1/10th the price.
Gotta love the crossed leg driving position. Automatic only.
no need to worry about the next branch on the family tree if that thing explodes
How long until he shocks himself and/or it falls on the brake?
Passenger side, yeah… I’d be makin my son ride with the battery.
wtf happened to my gravatar?
Yah, it’s good idea.
Until you drop your soda in the car….
Hey, at least he’s taken charge of the situation, instead of deeming this a terminal problem and keeping an acidic attitude!
the sad part is that i am tempted to try this with motorcycle…just hang it off the back you know?
I’d like to see what happens when that thing hits a pothole.
He should switch to satellite radio. It’s much better than cable.
hahaha
New security system made convenient. Or it is taking the battery inside to keep it from freezing made convenient or is into jolting nether while driving…..made convenient.
would love to see how well the cable holds up in the event of the starter requiring more than about 1 1/2 seconds of operation. Especially considering its coiled up on that lovely carpet; right next to the drivers leg. Peach. But yeah, done that before, it was OK tho’ because our steering wheel was on the other side.
@The Cat
or the “accelerator”
Done it!!! Drove a 1994 Cavalier for over a month like that. Most annoying thing was when one of the clamps would pop off the battery — it would loose all my preset radio stations.
It works!! proof:
Pretty good demo, Steve.
They sell these now in America. Thing is, you don’t even have to exit your vehicle. Plugs into your cigarette lighter. Even has a small circuit that makes sure your system is ‘matched’ ( + to +, – to – ).
Go for about $50USD.
Maybe he is trying to put the battery in the trunk to get a more 50/50 weight distribution.
It kinda looks like an inverter, those things that convert the voltage to 240V (Australian power supply, I dont know American voltage). It means you can run any device from it while your on the go.
I woulda wired it under the dash though…
US voltage is about 110-125
Lame! On my ’69 Riviera, I kept a UPS and “jumpstart” /battery charger in the car. Now THAT was a kludge.
He had to make room for the big block engine SOMEHOW!