Battery maintenance

[9 foot box]

   I had to meet a man Sunday, to get a flywheel and starter for a new to me 54 Savoy Club Coupe. The battery was weak and needed a charge temporarily to start. It worked fine all day. I went to move it yesterday and it was dead and would not charge. The electrolyte level under the neg. terminal was slightly above the plates. The other two cells were well above the plates. I topped off all three cells and am trickle charging it. It now passes a load test, but I will slow charge for a bit longer. I’m going to NAPA tomorrow and seeing about a 7204 group II battery, like I have in my other car. The Centennial battery in question has sulfide on the plates after two years and appears to outgas more than the NAPA. Anyway, the whole point is to check your battery, because of these higher temperatures, and top off the cells with distilled water. I worked at a full service station in Sacramento in 1970, and it was common practice to top off the battery with a Plews 75-030 that prevented over filling, we only used tap water. Rick D.

Edited July 22, 2022 by 9 foot box
Wrong battery number

[desoto1939]

the old bulb fill type squeegie had a small hole inthe fill tube about 1/8 inch up from the bottom of the tube. The hole was used so that the battery did not get overfiled and when you left go of the top of the bulb is sucked out the extra water to prevent  over filing.  Even the new bulb tools do not have the hole but I have literature on the bulb tool.

 

Rich Hartung