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CluCool
Dodge Dakota
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2/25/2007
18:40:38
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Ok random stuff, but is it weird that my battery in my truck is still the original battery from 1999?
I bought the truck brand new and have never replaced the battery.
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OBIO3
Dodge Dakota
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2/25/2007
23:09:40
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Mine is a 99 4x4 Dakota. Original HD towing battery and it checks out 100 percent.
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Trevor
Dodge Dakota
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2/26/2007
00:15:35
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Mine's also a 99 4x4 Dakota...just replaced the big ass factory one a few weeks ago, was still good, but I was trying to fix a problem.
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daddio
Dodge Dakota
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2/26/2007
08:39:27
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'00 QC 4x2 still has the original battery. i have also been running an underdrive crank pulley for the last 3 yrs.
it could be that i don't have all the fancy electric assc. too.
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CluCool
Dodge Dakota
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2/26/2007
18:21:38
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See thats just it i have the crank pulley not the alternator pulley. I ave 2 500watt rockfordfosgate amps too, no fared cap or whatever the hell its called. It's just a 2wd sport model, Im happy its still works, but just curious to see how your battery is holding up.
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buddy
Dodge Dakota
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2/28/2007
16:53:03
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just a heads up, but seems like batteries these days are an all or nothing type deal. will be working and checking out perfectly fine for years, then out-of-the-blue one day you go out to start your vehicle and the battery is complete history. it's happened to me twice now, once in my 2000 QC, and again in my wife's european snootmobile...
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OBIO3
Dodge Dakota
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2/28/2007
23:16:58
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One thing to keep in mind is the higher the starting power the more and the thinner the plates. Replacing your battery with the biggest one that fits and same as new cranking power or close as possible. That will give you the longest life and reduces the worst possible breakdown problem batteries have. Internal shorts or disconect between sells. These are the 2 items that make a battery die while your in a store or over night. Lose of water below the plates or sulfation. Sulfation Being caused by a low voltage charging system, corroded cables left unattended, or just letting the battery set in a discharged or partly discharged situation. Like say listening to your CD player while you wash and wax the car in the cool air of the evening and letting it sit that way over night or longer.
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TexasTodd
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2007
03:54:46
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I've had two batteries only last in my 01, 4.7, QC, HD group w/ trailer towing, etc. It's a big a$$ battery! NO electrical problems, but had both go out just over 2 years, the first was replaced by warranty. ON my third now.
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partsmanager
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2007
16:26:52
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I've had batteries last 10 years just by a little overnight charging every cpl weeks when its cold. I will admit the Mopar had some crummy batteries for a while as I can prove by the thousands of warranty claims I've written, but the group 27 heavy duty diesel battery I put in my 99RT is in there 6 years and is as good as new. I use battery tenders on my other cars that sit and would recommend them to anyone who has a car that is only used weekends or once in a while they are excellent for keeping a car totally charged and if you get the outdoor one they are totally waterproof as i leave mine outside winter/summer. I do have fullsize battery chargers also and portable jumpstarters also incase of a dead battery
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Big Tim
Dodge Dakota
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3/04/2007
09:20:28
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Still have the same battery in my 99 Dakota, it had a real test this past winter, starting outside in the sub-zero temps.
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CJ
Dodge Dakota
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3/04/2007
20:19:25
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I still have the original battery from my 99.
That's also with about 2000 watts rms in my sound system, but my
HO alt supports it pretty well.
It's starting to corrode a crap ton lately, I might need to replace it
soon.
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