[s-cars] [urq] Fwd: Type 41

Wed Dec 29 07:29:40 PST 2010

Yes, 
Optima red top work best for me.  the car goen on storage for the winter, and the battery still cranks after 3 month.
no acid spils, no rust around the tray...and it fits nice, just some small padding around from a local hardware store.

The car came with the yellow top, but did not fit correctly, like the red did.

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Ed Torres
FA901038 UrQuattro
Norwalk Ct 06855
RIDE & DRIVE SAFE & SMOOTH!!  

> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:47:27 -0500
> From: qweblog at gmail.com
> To: shr42 at msn.com
> CC: Urq at audifans.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] [s-cars] Fwd: Type 41
> 
> I like my Optima red top and IIRC I got around the fitiment issue with a
> rubber padded washer from the local hardware store, a small piece of 1/4"
> square bar stock and cut a strip away from some promo mouse pad handout
> bound for the trash bin, being a freak about preventing abrasion.
> 
> I think some of the horror stories are attributed to the rear seat frame
> grounding itself on an unprotected + post, but that will happen with gel
> cells or conventional electrolyte types.
> 
> -Brian
> 
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> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Stephen Redford <shr42 at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> > ----------- My bad , the website is a distributor for , Odyssey
> > batteries not the manufacture...........Stephen Redford
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Stephen Redford <shr42 at msn.com>
> > > Date: December 28, 2010 6:50:56 PM PST
> > > To: John Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com>
> > > Cc: "Urq List @ audifans" <Urq at audifans.com>, "S-Car-List at AudiFans.com"
> > <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Type 41
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------- Gel and Absorbed Glass Matt batteries Are lead-acid batteries.
> > Odysseybatteries.com/ is the website of a manufacture of AGM batteries.
> > I use em and like them. They cost a little more, but are a litttle
> > better. Hope this helps, ...Stephen Redford '85Urq--with an
> > Odyssey 925
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:05 AM, John Cody Forbes wrote:
> > >
> > >> How about other than a lead acid? Gel and AGM batteries do not vent at
> > all. I'm not sure if interstate has an AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) line or not,
> > but it's worth looking in to.
> > >>
> > >> -Cody (mobile)
> > >>
> > >> On Dec 28, 2010, at 11:40 AM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> "Non-vented" batteries still vent, they just send out through the caps
> > >>> instead of funneling it through a vent tube. I "think" I've been
> > successful
> > >>> (so far) with a "non-vented" battery by covering over the entire
> > battery
> > >>> cap area and funneling that to the vent tube. So far no visible
> > corrosion
> > >>> effects under the seat, and the car hasn't exploded yet, although it
> > took on
> > >>> garage queen status at the end of October and it's been too cold to
> > bother
> > >>> with venturing under the seat ATM.
> > >>>
> > >>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Steve Marinello <
> > smarinello at entouch.net>wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Bob,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It looks like I'm at that point, too. FWIW, the current battery is a
> > >>>> non-vented Sears INternational that has lasted 70 of 100 warrantied
> > months.
> > >>>> IT is the first non-vented one I've had and has performed quite well
> > in
> > >>>> replacement for the formerly vented version. That being said, the
> > vented
> > >>>> version in the urq did not save me from the generation of acid gas
> > that ate
> > >>>> the falling edge of the carpet coming from the seat bottom. A real
> > >>>> disappointment. Vent lines checked and open, but it happened anyway.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Steve
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:56 AM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r)
> > >>>> Pro*
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Hi Y'all,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> After some brief exposure to some fairly low temperatures (my garage
> > >>>>> queen lost her status for about 24 hours this week) It looks like
> > >>>>> she's due for a new battery. She uses a type 41 with vent according
> > >>>>> to her past requests. Now tell me, is there something else out there
> > >>>>> which will perform as well or better, fit into a type 41 sized hole,
> > >>>>> and not need the vent? I think I want to stick with Interestate.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Bob
> > >>>>> RS2ed urS6 with a ten (or more) year old Interstate battery.
> > >>>>>
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