My Maintenance Schedule has stripped a gear...

[jgillott]

Pulling this thread back up. The Sprinter has a dead battery in front of the garage. Ordered a new group 48 AGM Interstate for it that will not be in until early next week. Unfortunately I have it parked with the drivers side very close to the Jayco with hardly enough room to open the drivers door. And of course, the battery is under the driver's foot well.

The closure on the screen door to the garage decided to strip out of the aluminum this morning. Apparently everything loves this warm weather we are having.

 

[Wayne M.]

Is that a H7 battery?

 

[jgillott]

I'm not sure. I just ordered it by Vin #.

 

[jgillott]

Actually Wayne, it looks to be a H6

This is what their vin decoder suggests.

https://www.interstatebatteries.com/products/mtx-48/h6

 

[JR]

That's the same battery my wife's VW uses.

J didn't you recently tell me your van is under 20k miles?

Wiring in a small battery tender may not be a bad idea if it sits alot.

 

[jgillott]

15K on the button.

I have a Battery Tender on the ATV and one on my Corvette. I should add one to the van.

There's actually a master disconnect switch under the dash that you are supposed to use when the van sits for more than a few weeks. With everything going on, I plain forgot.

 

[JR]

Are the tits wore off the tires yet?

 

[jgillott]

Nope...but dry rot may be a possibility.

 

[Ozymandias]

Why not use a starter cable to get away from the wall?
Our Sprinters over her have two connection points for that under the hood.

 

[jgillott]

I tried earlier today. Will not turn over. I'm going to wait until it is a little warmer and try it again.

 

[mwilson]

If there connection ports under the hood as Ozy suggests then try a slow charger.
The Hoopties have a connection point under hood where the battery is under the rear seat. Doesn’t respond well to boosting, but a slow charge works great..

 

[jgillott]

Good Idea. I have to run out this afternoon, but maybe I'll throw a charger on it tomorrow and see what happens. What stinks about these modern vehicles is that without enough power, you can't even get the thing in neutral to move it out of the way.

 

[TFucili]

If it has a 12V Accy plug that is Batt + you can charge with a Battery Tender SAE to Cig adaptor. We did that on showroom units all the time.

 

[Ozymandias]

 

[jgillott]

Got the Sprinter started this morning. A couple hours on a charger and the temp up to 30 and it fired up for me.

Going to get it moved to a better location in the driveway and then get the new battery in next week.

This is the first vehicle that I've ever had that would not jump start. Charger did the trick, but it simply wouldn't jump for me. Strange.

Thanks for the suggestion Mike.

 

[mwilson]

The Hoopties will not boost other vehicles well off of that post either...it’s just not the same as hooking directly to the battery terminals even though it should be....

 

[jgillott]

Update, I took pictures of my factory battery and sent that and the vin# off to Interstate. They came back recommending the MTX-49-H8 since my van has the cold weather package and the high capacity rear AC. It is 900 CCA and 160 min reserve capicity. Hopefully the Interstate rep is correct on the dimensions and specs.

Factory battery is 850 CCA and 165 min reserve.

 

[Wayne M.]

EEEK! I have a similar terminal device. Look at yours! Mercedes Benz on one end- Hyundai on the other.
H7 is what’s in the Durango. 700 CCA
The book lists a H8 for diesels. I guess it’s the same size battery and 800 CCA. I believe they’re also known as group 49.

 

[jgillott]

I was wondering about that terminal. Pretty looking isn't it.

 

[Wayne M.]

Justin, go back to my HID post and scroll down the first page.

https://www.turbodieselregister.com/threads/need-hid-headlamp-bulb-advice.265694/