Save money on Farmall 95 battery

GordoSD

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The 5.5 year old battery in my 2010 95 went belly up Monday. I got it out, got some measurements off it and went to the IH dealer. The original battery was 18.5 inches longx7x7. With both terminal about three inches from one end. Sales said "they don't make that anymore, you have to buy this one for 360.00, and relocate the ground cable".
I went home and looked at what would be involved in moving the cable. It was as easy as removing the bolt and cable from existing hole on frame and putting it into existing tapped hole in step adjacent to battery box. 5 minute job.
So now with my neg cable in front and on the left I saw that ANY length battery could be used. It requires the bottom lip style with bottom holddown.
Went back and got a 800cca , that was 14x7x7 for 154.00
 
Had a similar problem on our New Holland 6090 getting a proper replacement. It has made me realize though some of the other tractors around with dual batteries are going to get one of those single monsters in the future. They are cheaper than buying two and without the expense, and extra connections of a dual battery setup.
 
No. Why? Never in my 75 year old life saw a car , truck, tractor, motorcycle with rubber pad under battery.
 
I started doing it about 10 years ago,It seems like it takes out some of the vibration, and they last longer, but 5.5 yrs is very good battery life too.
 
Well let's see here the battery in my wife the WAR DEPT.'s 2003 Dodge Durango is the OEM battery that it came with SOOOoooooo that makes it NOW 13 years old and it is still going . Yes one day it will roll over and die some dark night when she is over a hundred miles from the house at one of her Girl Scout service unit meetings and i will have to make a service call. Yep she will be hot and i will hear about it for the next ten years . Nope i will not trade that one in as i am going to have it bronzed . The other Mo Par battery that we had in the intrepid lasted ten years.
 
So you know it's going to die? You know she'll blame you forever? And still you refuse to replace it until it is completely dead and gone? I can't say much for your thought process but I sure admire your moxey.
 
With your line of thinking he should have junked it a 5 years, maybe 5 years. Some of us just can't throw away good parts because we know they will fail some day and they are already past normal life. I would be the farm that Tractor Vet's Department of Defense can take care of herself.
 
(quoted from post at 20:56:34 11/19/15) So you know it's going to die? You know she'll blame you forever? And still you refuse to replace it until it is completely dead and gone? I can't say much for your thought process but I sure admire your moxey.

NEW batteries die also. I had one new battery that went belly up just 2 days after I installed it, and another that didn't get me out of town. Both were quickly replaced under warranty, but the frustrations were all the same.
 
No can do. This is the battery with the v groove around the bottom, and the tray has the sliding bar that hold the battery down.
 
I was told along time ago that concrete floors and bare metal was extremely bad for batteries. Im believe its because of the temp transfer. Most times the batteries are completely covered and battery boxes are insulated/painted so water never gets to them and they all have very good charging systems. Cars/trucks/etc sometimes there batteries will last several years but Tractors over the years paint is gone on most boxes, cables exposed to the element to some times causes a grounding problem so yes a rubber pad will help the life of the battery as well as cleaning the battery cables and connections every once in awhile. A trickle charger will also help for when they are not in use in cold weather. All batterys should be kept to at least 85 percent charge. They will last along time that way. Just my 3 cents worth. Norm
 
(quoted from post at 11:34:10 11/22/15) I was told along time ago that concrete floors and bare metal was extremely bad for batteries. . . .
I've also heard the story about batteries on concrete floors. Another I've heard is that the concrete floor story had some validity when batteries had hard rubber cases (which have leakage of their own) but was no longer a concern with modern batteries that have plastic cases. I don't know if either is true, but strongly suspect that if the first was, the second is also.

I don't leave batteries on concrete floors, put a piece of wood down first. This isn't to protect the battery, but to protect the floor from any escaped battery acid.
 
We have converted most of our tractors over to the Group 31's with the stud on top. It will require less maintenance than any lead post top one. Will not have the old squeezed to death lead or copper clamps. Also easier to hook up monitors and such. I have them in my semi's so the old ones that are still good go to tractors and a new set go in the truck. One of the group 31's will start any of the tractors we have except the Stiegers. Even starts the combine. These have the 436 and 466 engines in them and will start in cold weather like 0-f and below.
 

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