Fwd: <VV> Defective Delco Batteries -NO Corvair

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/3/2005 4:46:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
GYoungwolf at aol.com writes:
For those with other GM products, this is a warning you might want to 
consider. I have just encountered my THIRD factory defective AC Delco side 
terminal 
battery.
For those of you with side post batteries in your Corvairs......

To follow up on Grant's advice, I've had two Delco batteries fail at the side 
posts because they were overtightened by the dealer.  Both were replacements 
that I put in myself and which were disconnected and reconnected by the local 
GM dealer when they did work on the cars.  I prefer Interstate Batteries if I 
can get a deal, but, in fairness to GM none of the original Delco batteries 
broke and the replacements only broke--I believe--when the mechanics 
overtightened them.  (The same dealer also so overtightened the alternator bolts when 
they replaced a serpentine belt on my '98 Bonneville {you have to disconnect the 
motor mount to replace it--this year only I believe} that I had to use an 
eighteen inch breaker bar to loosen the alt nuts--and one broke).  I have 
purchased the small battery ratchets for side post terminals at local FLAPS and carry 
one with the toolkit in each of the waterpumpers now.

Bob Hall
Group Corvair