'88 5kcstq, dead battery now

[james accordino]

--- Lawrence C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> I went to WalMart and bought the appropriate sized
> (42?) Champion
> Battery. $39, and it's held up quite well, including
> one complete
> discharge when my altenator finally quit and I
> couldn't see the warning
> light due to the low sun angle. According to a
> recent Consumer's Report
> article, most of the batteries performed reasonably
> about the same, so
> the factors that they said matters is manufacture
> date, and price. 
> 
I have the same battery in both type 44's.  It is an
exact fit replacement with the vent hose.  Sam's Club
(Wal-Mart warehouse) had them for about $30.  At that
price I had to try them and have been very pleased as
well.

Jim Accordino