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Old 04-03-2024, 11:57 AM   #20
MikeB
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Re: Best Battery for 72 Cheyenne Super

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Originally Posted by jumpsoffrock View Post
I like to pick a place that has a warranty and is open across the nation 7 days per week.
That's a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Steeveedee View Post
I have my batteries tested yearly. They do degrade, but not to where you can go out to start your vehicle, and it turns over slowly before it starts, and you know you have some time.
That's what's happened to my last two bad ones -- they turned over the engine slowly, but fast enough to start it. Then again, I've had batteries that worked fine in the morning, then die later in the day. Weird! I wish all of them would "give notice".
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1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 34 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes.
1982 C10 SWB -- sold
1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it!
1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming.
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