JeepinMaxx
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What do you guys use? My 4 year old Odessey failed. For a while it would run down dead if I didn’t drive my Jeep for a week or two (probably a parasitic draw), but in the past week it suddenly has no voltage when I started – no lights gauges, nothing. So I assumed bad connections, wiggled & tightened the cables – all was good. Today same thing happened and when I checked – the positive terminal turned in the case!
Anyway – looking into new batteries. I used to be an Optima guy, had them for years in my YJ and truck, but the newer one’s quality seemed to be lacking. I switched to a Die Hard Platinum AGM on the YJ and it was an awesome battery, stayed in the YJ until I sold it. I had an Optima in the TJ, but I replaced it just because it was over a decade old. Went with the Odessey. Thinking I might try Die Hard gain – anyone have experience with them since Advanced Auto took them over from Sears?
Here's the battery I just pulled (see the positive terminal is skewed!)
I put in an old Optima I found in the barn for now. It still had 12.4V, so I figured why not.
Anyway – looking into new batteries. I used to be an Optima guy, had them for years in my YJ and truck, but the newer one’s quality seemed to be lacking. I switched to a Die Hard Platinum AGM on the YJ and it was an awesome battery, stayed in the YJ until I sold it. I had an Optima in the TJ, but I replaced it just because it was over a decade old. Went with the Odessey. Thinking I might try Die Hard gain – anyone have experience with them since Advanced Auto took them over from Sears?
Here's the battery I just pulled (see the positive terminal is skewed!)
I put in an old Optima I found in the barn for now. It still had 12.4V, so I figured why not.
