There are a lot of different vehicle battery types, so much so that it can get a little confusing, especially when an alphabet soup of abbreviations is used to label most of them. So, we thought it would be handy for our readers to recap the key battery types out there and provide a quick note to help you manage each type. If you have a handle on these four battery types, you’re covered for 90%+ of the vehicle batteries you are likely to encounter.
“I have had my Booster PAC ES2500 for many years now. I never really thought it would last this long, but it has. It’s never been worked on, nor have the batteries been replaced. I’ve never had a problem with it, if it was charged back up. I can’t begin
“We just received our Jump-N-Carry JNC325 jump starter yesterday. It is for my daughter’s 2005 Ford for just in case. So, we decided to try the Clore JNC325 on an Allis Chalmers 185 tractor that has two very old (like 15 year old) very dead batteries. We hooked up the
“I have been doing automotive repairs for my company with a count as high as 13 vehicles for 35 years and on my own vehicles for my whole life. Jump starts with cables and lack of them when not available prompted me to order a jump pack I could carry
With Halloween just having passed, we couldn’t resist spotlighting this recent case study from our old friend Michael from Utah. This one is a great tutorial on using your system knowledge and vehicle-specific knowledge to quickly and accurately diagnose an electrical system issue that was wreaking havoc on a 2009
We’ve got another quick one, this time related to a Mercedes-Benz E550, but with implications across the model offering. In this post, Will from Rhode Island breaks down issues he encountered on his own vehicle, which occurred while he was performing an entire suspension update. As he notes, “Just prior
This month, we’ve got a quick one, but it might just help you save a ton of time and hassle. In this post, James from Michigan recounts how he resolved a tricky Mustang that would continue to run for several minutes after it was turned off. It’s quick and right
