Just wondering has anyone here rebuilt there battery and had success

[JIPJOBXX]

I was thinking of cleaning out one of my six volt batteries and seeing if I could get it to recharge again per instructions on Utube. 

[greg g]

HUH????!

[JIPJOBXX]

greg here is that utube presentation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Supe1a3LW2U

Edited December 6, 2013 by JIPJOBXX

[Ricky Luke]

I bought a reconditioned 12v for a car I was selling from an old guy (looked about 80!) who used that method. Engine's a GM V6 and it worked fine. 3 month warranty for 1/4 the cost of a new one. You just have to be sure the battery cells are in good physical condition.

 

Rick

[Don Coatney]

That guy is way to technical for me talking about the fins inside the battery and dumping the acid on the ground and such. I did like the way he tested to see if the hood would close with the batterty posts stickin way up and such. I was waiting for the sparks to fly. And remember to wash your clothes right away when you spill acid on them. Good idea to use a deep cycle battery in a vehicle too. Almost as entertaining as a situation comedy.

[plyroadking]

No way, my milk comes in an approximately 1 gallon jug too !!

I would rather pay the $150 and get an interstate battery that i know will start every time, especially when you live where it gets cold and snows.....

[desoto1939]

The guy did not wear any safety googles when pouring our the old acid into the bucket.  Then her poured the water and baking soda soulition into the same bucket and still no safety glasses to cover his eyes.  By the time you go throught all of this work I would just buy a new battery.

 

Rich Hartung

[seabee]

I like the quick release battery terminals he has. No tools needed to remove the battery!

[JIPJOBXX]

I noticed also no safety glasses or goggles. 

[Oldguy48]

It's certainly an interesting idea/video. But as others have pointed out, his safety precautions

left much to be desired. I hope he suffered no ill effects in creating that video.

Wayne

[DCurrent]

I tried it myself once about 23 years ago. Small cycle battery. I  figured I had nothing better to do at the time and just wondered what I could do. I first poured out the acid and washed out with water. Now mind you I was just a dumb kid then about 16 or 17 years old. Then I filled it with Coke a cola...once twice and I think several times before rinsing with water again. I still remember the reaction it gave. The cola turned clear every time and with every dump came out nasty junk after most of the liquid was out. Again I did this time and time again until it was just clear liquid pouring out. Then I poured distilled water in it and charged it slowly for a day. The stinking battery lasted a summer without any problem. Couldn't believe it!

 

Would I do it again? No,, probably not. I can afford a new battery now and wouldn't mess around with taking the chance of it failing later when I'm miles away from home.

[JIPJOBXX]

I agree!!!!!!!!!!!! Interesting how you used coke to clean out the battery   We ust to use it to clean our windshilds with but made sure there was some fresh water near by to rinse of the excess coke.  Works pretty good.

[plyroadking]

Speaking of coke, you probably wont believe this, but one time i drank eight cokes and burped 7up........

[maurice wade]

We'll, back in the day when gasoline was 15 cents a gallon we didn't have much money to gas let alone a car battery. I had a old Harley 45 trike. It had no charging system for battery, so after a period of time the battery would go dead. One day a fellow "shadetree" told me I could double my riding time by taking a regular 12 v battery, and cutting it in half, making two 6v batteries. The old batteries were made a little different on the top. Their were plates on top. This guy said after I get the battery cut in two, take a wood screw and screw it into one of the plates on top of the battery. This would make for another post, +&-. Well, I got the old wood saw out, cut the battery in two, and it worked!

[oldodge41]

Ok, just for the heck of it I tried this over the weekend. The battery in my '69 Dart went bad. It would not accept a charge and would kill my jumper pak when connected to it. It would boil water out on a 4 amp charge. I suspected shorted cells. I drained it and flushed it a couple times until the black crud quit coming out. Then I mixed up a three to one distilled water/epsom salts mixture and refilled it. Thirty six hours on a 2 amp charger and no boil over. Progress maybe, no,  it read a steady 10.75 vdc and any load kills it quickly. Looks like one dead cell yet. Probably spent about $8 and a couple hours. I put it back in the car and jump started it, which it would not do before, charging 14.2 vdc but the ammeter never moves above center and once I shut it off it would not crank again on its own. It is still junk but I wanted to try it. This was a bust and  what a pain in the butt, drain, fill, repeat numerous times. Messing with acid I wore safety goggles and old clothes. My wife called me the mad scientist (she has called me worse) I treated my drained solution with baking soda before discarding it.

[pflaming]

I've never tried this but an older friend of mine said they used to take a battery that went bad, and rolled it down a steep hill, "dirt surface".  He said that loosened the 'debris in the bottom of the battery which is what grounds out the cells. Then they would 'flush' the battery add new water and all was well.

 

I get my batteries from pick n pull. $23.00 and a core. I keep an extra in the garage, haven't had one fail yet. They give a 30 day full warranty so I figure if it works good for 30 days it probably has a bit of life left in it. 

[oldodge41]

Pflaming, there is a big dirt hill behind the house. Hmmmm????

[55 Fargo]

Geesh, and I thought I was cheap Jon.......LOL