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Buying battery cables

  • Battery cables
  • May 21, 2012
Purchasing battery cables for a vehicle is normally a straight forward process. Once the old cables have been removed from the vehicle for...
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Fluids of Importance

As a Do-It-Yourself mechanic I often have to decide if it makes monetary sense to do a project myself or just have it done at a local establishment...
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Replacing vehicle battery cables

  • replacing battery cables
  • May 13, 2012
Replacing battery cables can be very easy or quite challenging depending on the vehicle needing new cables. Older vehicles are less complex on how...
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Worn or damaged battery cables

  • battery cable
  • May 8, 2012
Worn or damaged battery cables are two additional conditions that can affect how well a vehicle starts or performs. Although these two problems are...
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Corroded battery cables

  • Corroded battery cables
  • April 28, 2012
When should vehicle battery cables be replaced? The simplest answer is when the cables no longer serve their function. Battery cables can no longer...
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Servicing a vehicle battery

  • servicing car battery
  • December 31, 2011
Maintaining or servicing a vehicle battery is a very inexpensive and cost effective means of prolonging its serviceable life. Because of the many...
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Replacing a car battery

  • replacing car battery
  • November 2, 2011
Replacing a battery in a car, depending on the location in the car, can be easy or somewhat challenging. On today’s cars the battery is most...
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Buying a battery

  • buying a car battery
  • October 28, 2011
After determining that the battery needs to be replaced, certain facts of the battery need to be considered. Is the battery top post or side post?...
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Frozen, bulging and exploding batteries

Three other battery conditions which could occur are frozen, bulging, and exploded batteries. These conditions are not as common but do...
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More common battery failures

  • battery failure
  • October 25, 2011
In the last article discharged and sulfated, or shorted, batteries were discussed. Another battery condition that will cause a vehicle not to start...
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