05BlackLSE
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everywhere i call doesnt have a battery for my car...i need a yellow top optima and i just cant get it does anyone know where i can get one?!?!
HELP! please i need a battery!!!
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SPSully
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ford never released the battery to the aftermarkets.... Motorcraft or get creative. 120 bucks I think
NickT88LSC
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I wound up getting a motorcraft myself, they have a 750 CCA and a 850CCA in the right size. Otherwise you will be needing to take measurements and see what you can get to work
SPSully
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the best fit ones arent sealed for a trunk...... the sealed ones dont fit right. or you can get a motor craft that lasted me 8 years and call it a day
I went online to kragen.com and fopund this for the Jaguar.
Exide Battery: Autolite(R); 84 Month; Length: 14 7/8"; Width: 6 7/8"; Height: 7 9/16"
Part Number: 4984
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Exide Battery: Autolite(R); 84 Month; Length: 14 7/8"; Width: 6 7/8"; Height: 7 9/16"
Part Number: 4984
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Pricing
Retail Price: $175.88
Our Price: $89.99
You Save: $85.89
Core Charge: $10.00
SPSully
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i just found my reciept, 125 after turn in
joegr
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This comes up every so often. There are no sealed car batteries. They don't exist. The OEM batteries vent via a tube that connects to them. The Optima batteries are not sealed, they too have a vent. You can see it on top of the battery. The way that a lead acid battery works makes it impossible to seal.
All that said, is it a great danger to use a non-oem battery? Only every great once in a while.
1LoudLS
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right off optima's web sight
"OPTIMA batteries even has safety in mind - with its completely sealed case it helps to ensure the safety of you, your family and the environment."
if they were vents on the top, you would not be able to mount them on there side or upsidedown.
gcwimmer
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Optima most defiantly has two resealable pressure relief valves on the top to vent pressure of gases that can happen from overcharging, has nothing to due with spilling out contents.
It can vent hydrogen gas, very explosive, think Hindenburg zeppelin.
It can vent hydrogen gas, very explosive, think Hindenburg zeppelin.
joegr
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Look closely at the pictures of the batteries, or at some actual batteries in a store. There are two vents (covered is something like felt) on the top of each battery. Optima says they won't vent under "normal" circumstances (but then neither will most normal batteries). They will vent if overcharged, or during a very high current discharge. This is why even Optima warns the user not to charge the battery in an unventilated space (like a trunk). Again, this is just an unavoidable feature of the technology. If they didn't allow it to vent during overcharge, over discharge, or short circuit, the only alternative left would be for the battery case to explode. When the hydrogen is released, it has to go somewhere, and the volume of the case is not enough.
jcharb
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I had to replace my battery last winter, my local canadian tire didn't have one listed for my 03, but they had one listed for a 00, it's the same size and everything, maybe you should inquire about a battery listing for a 00 might get what you need.
antonio fuller
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got to go to ford
Quik LS
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the only attery that can be safely installed in a passenger compartment is Odyssey - http://www.odysseybatteries.com/applications/auto.htm - good battery - big bucks.