Yesterday was battery issue day in the Tdbo household.
Mrs. Tdbo and I went out and got in the Accord yesterday and it wouldn't start.
It has a 2 1/2 year old oversized AAP Gold in it that I replaced the 51 sized OEM with because the L&G battery in my Deere has more power. Honda did put larger batteries in later model run 12's. Lucky me.
Went to the van. It was deader than a door nail. It had a AAP Gold that was about 6 years old. Time for that to go. Replaced that late last night with a Maxx from Wally World.
Jump started the Accord with my pickup and went to AAP. Battery tested fine, but found the ground terminal on the battery slightly loose. Guy cranked it on, and vehicle was fine after that. Terminal seems kind of loose to me, but it starts fine now.
Put the battery in the Odyssey myself and found the same situation in a more pronounced fashion. The positive cable is good and tight, but I can literally lift the ground cable off the battery and the cable is as tight as it will go.
What is the deal with these terminals/cables? These are the fourth and fifth Honda products that I have owned and have never had this issue before. Guess I will be shimming the grounds on both this weekend.
Mrs. Tdbo and I went out and got in the Accord yesterday and it wouldn't start.
It has a 2 1/2 year old oversized AAP Gold in it that I replaced the 51 sized OEM with because the L&G battery in my Deere has more power. Honda did put larger batteries in later model run 12's. Lucky me.
Went to the van. It was deader than a door nail. It had a AAP Gold that was about 6 years old. Time for that to go. Replaced that late last night with a Maxx from Wally World.
Jump started the Accord with my pickup and went to AAP. Battery tested fine, but found the ground terminal on the battery slightly loose. Guy cranked it on, and vehicle was fine after that. Terminal seems kind of loose to me, but it starts fine now.
Put the battery in the Odyssey myself and found the same situation in a more pronounced fashion. The positive cable is good and tight, but I can literally lift the ground cable off the battery and the cable is as tight as it will go.
What is the deal with these terminals/cables? These are the fourth and fifth Honda products that I have owned and have never had this issue before. Guess I will be shimming the grounds on both this weekend.