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

[brian hoeft]

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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