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Old 08-13-2013, 08:21 PM
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I always disconnect mine manually. I carry a 5/16 wrench just for that purpose for the side terminals.

Superstitious I guess, after I had a car start on its own years ago. It was a haunted 1970 440+6 Cuda hardtop. Back in my younger years (I was 18 at the time) I used to talk to my cars hoping they would appreciate the attention. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] One night I was locking up the garage getting ready to go into the house. The car keys were in my hand and I said &quot;Goodnight&quot; to the Cuda as I closed the garage door. Half a second after the words were out of my mouth the car started cranking over. Luckily it was not in gear. I ran back in, popped the hood and pulled the battery cable off the battery terminal. She stopped cranking. I said &quot;Thank you. Now go to sleep!&quot; and I locked the garage door. I never, ever left a battery hooked up again, when a car was parked, after that!
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