----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Another difference in the batteries is that the holes in the top of the 'approved' battery are lager so you can't take the 'spill-proof' caps and put them in the tractor type battery. Percy, why didn't you hand prop it to get home and then get a better price on a battery? : - )
Bob Saville Percy Wood wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > Ya know, Dick. > I had one of them tractor batteries in 29H when I picked her up in > Tucumcari. On my first annual, > Jim Truit in Roswell said "Ya better get that replaced; it ain't > legal." Did that when we got to Salem, > and gave the (still good) tractor special to the trailer park we were > staying at. > Now, list, the only real difference (besides price) between the tractor > special and the airplane approved > is the cell caps. Tractors do not have the severe up/down tilt that an > airplane can take. Not our mild > mannered `coupes, of course, but those stall/spinnable Aeroncas, et. al. > BTW, the last battery I had to replace was at EAA-Arlington in 1999, and > I needed it to get started to > get home! Only $115... > Percy in Portland > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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