The Crusty Cuda: Whole lotta Shakin' (N96) Goin' on!

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Originally Posted by njsteve

I was thinking of that but where/how do you dispose of the acid and battery guts? And how do you cut the case without causing a high amperage short. You cant use a sawzall, it would ground out between the cells.

Any advice?

I empty the acid out first through the top holes then cut along the very top edges with a cutting wheel, never had a problem with electricity or sparks. A few of my friends had those older Acid Filled DELCO Reproduction batteries that went capute on them and I tell them don't toss it I'll take it LOL in the end they make a very nice looking topper IMO.
Side terminal battery I just Velcro the top on to a modern battery. Top post batteries takes a little more time as you have to cut those poles away first and free up the plastic around them using a small dremel bit to dig around the edges of the poles.

Keep in mind the batteries were DEAD before I started. Maybe after you empty the Acid it will loose it's Power or actually use the battery some how to kill the power ?

[L_e_e]

Originally Posted by njsteve

I was thinking of that but where/how do you dispose of the acid and battery guts? And how do you cut the case without causing a high amperage short. You cant use a sawzall, it would ground out between the cells.

Any advice?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l665eovBlEk

[njsteve]

The problem is that this is an AGM battery with the gel-coated plates and does not use liquid acid so there’s no way to pour out the acid.

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by L_e_e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l665eovBlEk

OMG! No gloves, sandals, and squeezing out the acid with his hands. Then hand-filing the lead plates in the open air with a flame to melt the lead.
Sure isn't any OSHA regs over in that place. Truly frightening indeed.

And when he dips his bare hand holding a cut-off soda bottle, into the blue barrel of sulphuric acid to fill the battery - now that's exciting!!!

[Lynn]

You can put baking soda in an acid proof plastic drain pan, then pour the acid in.

I mix baking soda and water, then fill the battery back up with that solution.

Now all the acid is neutralized.

I have a thread on this somewhere in the last couple years. Put a Braille battery inside my old battery. Works great.

[Lynn]

Here:

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...raille+battery

[John Brown]

Hook a headlight bulb to the battery and let it sit until there's no more juice left in it. Might take a day or two.... or less?

[njsteve]

Well the Lucky Horseshoe have been at work overtime...

After I had the episode with Fedex smashing the last known repro AGM Group 27 battery in existence, I told my buddy Al who owns the local old-timer garage where we all hang out at.

He promptly tilts his head, looks up (which means he is reviewing his internal inventory of junk he has never thrown out) and then walks over the the corner of his garage and pulls out an NOS 2444607 Group 27 Mopar replacement battery from 1973 that he has had sitting in the corner cabinet under a pile of alternators since 1973.

This is the exact part number for the 1970 battery for a 1970 Cuda, although a dealer replacement part since the later style had the dual three-vent caps instead of the single red verticle venting caps.

He called the local Napa store and they brought over a carton of battery electrolyte and we filled it up. It initially only read 6 volts but after the charger went through the de-sulfating process it is currently charging and holding 12+ volts. We stopped the charger for the day and he will hook it back up on Monday to let it run the full charging cycle for a new battery.

How's that for happy Saturday?

[scuncio]

It was meant to be!

[PeteLeathersac]

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Crazy stuff just like the 70's again...Purple cars and now w/ the Acid.

~ Pete

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