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<p>I worked on my 2019 700 VLX Arctic Cat 4 wheeler all day
yesterday. Stuck throttle plate and disintegrated fuel pump. It
had sat for 2 years and the battery would not come up. My wife
went to get a battery from the local O'Reilly auto store. $130
w/ tax.. Our usual battery supplier who was another 30 minutes
away was only $88!!!!!!!!! Amazon would have brought me one next
day for $46!!! I will post what I found on the ATV fuel tank in
a few....</p>
<p>Cecil<br>
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<div>The Epsom Salt trick actually works to desulfate the
plates, which simply refilling with fresh new electrolyte will
not do.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 5:36
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Here
in Washington State you can buy electrolyte at ORielys
auto parts in a 5 gallon box actually very
reasonable. I just came in from starting my 54 Chevy
pickup apparently I put a charger on it months ago and
forgot. Battery was totally dry and warm because the
charger was still on. I filled the cells with
electrolyte and started up, We will see how it goes,
Also the battery is 7 years old I don’t know how that
happened. Seems like I am always buying batteries. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Bruce
Fallon</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Langley,
WA 98260</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif""> AT
[mailto:<a
href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com"
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brad Loomis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 29, 2021 10:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AT] Batteries</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm no battery guru at all. I
know maintenance, charging, and those things. I'm at
one of our facilities that has been idle for about a
year. The scissors lift that I need has also been
idle that long. No electrolyte visible, not on a
charger. What can I do to try to resurrect the 4- 6V
batteries? Add water, plug in, charger built in, and
hope for the best? Google leads me to various
potions that I view as snake oil. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brad</p>
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