turbodog
Flashaholic
Battery in wife's dodge intrepid died today. I thought "no big deal", went down to autozone and bought a new one.
... then I started to replace it ...
1) can't FIND the battery, can find some remote jump start terminals, let's start there!
2) they disappear under the air cleaner box, air cleaner box is bolted in place
3) air cleaner, now removed, shows 1/3 of the top of the battery and 1 cable
4) I scratch my head
5) I scratch my a**
6) no way the battery is coming outta that small hole
7) more scratching
8) scratching pays off!
9) go get jack, yeah the jack, you heard me!
10) jack up car and remove right front wheel
11) shake head in disbelief
12) see access panel inside fender
13) remove panel
14) shake head again
15) battery now visible
16) remove 1 cable
17) slide battery back
18) remove other cable
19) determine battery was GOOD, cable was bad
20) stomp and cuss
21) back to autozone for new cable end
22) clean everything
23) put new end on
24) reassemble
25) warn others
time: 4 hours
... then I started to replace it ...
1) can't FIND the battery, can find some remote jump start terminals, let's start there!
2) they disappear under the air cleaner box, air cleaner box is bolted in place
3) air cleaner, now removed, shows 1/3 of the top of the battery and 1 cable
4) I scratch my head
5) I scratch my a**
6) no way the battery is coming outta that small hole
7) more scratching
8) scratching pays off!
9) go get jack, yeah the jack, you heard me!
10) jack up car and remove right front wheel
11) shake head in disbelief
12) see access panel inside fender
13) remove panel
14) shake head again
15) battery now visible
16) remove 1 cable
17) slide battery back
18) remove other cable
19) determine battery was GOOD, cable was bad
20) stomp and cuss
21) back to autozone for new cable end
22) clean everything
23) put new end on
24) reassemble
25) warn others
time: 4 hours