use something to just remove a little of the water from the too full cells
to get them below the ring. I understand you should never drain and ad acid
again. Just ad acid originally
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, October 18, 1998 7:08 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Battery Blues
>Hi All,
>
>My tar-top battery was acting up recently, so I took off the filler
>caps, and it looked a bit low. I added distilled water to each of the
>cells, but I think I added too much. Now, the battery won't hold a
>charge. Can I just drain the battery and add new acid again, or do I
>have to go grab another battery? Anybody ever done this? Any help
>would be appreciated...
>
>-Dave Stragand
>
>
>
>[Below is yet another one of Dave's adventures.... ]
>
>Didn't I say "never again" to sleeping in the Mercury? I did it again
>Friday night. Geesh.
>
>I went to Penn State for Homecoming this weekend -- I was planning to go
>in the Duchess, but because of the dead battery, I couldn't get her
>started. Shame though, all the leaves are turning and it would have
>been a nice ride.
>
>I always cook the pig for my fraternity's pig roast. This year's piggy
>was 250 pounds. Pigzilla, basically. There's this "pigmobile"
>contraption that roasts it all night. This one took 24 hours to cook,
>so I started it at 7 o'clock on Friday night. One problem, though, is
>that the propane tanks are good for only 10 hours, so I had to get up at
>5am to change it. I figured I'd never get up if I was comfortable, so I
>decide to sleep in the car yet again.
>
>I angled the Mercury so I could see the flame in the roaster's sight
>hole and went to sleep. I'm pretty good at turning on the car when I
>get cold, and turning it off when I get too warm. I've been doing it in
>my sleep. This time though, I woke up and heard a car's engine roaring
>right at me. In whatever sleepy daze I was in I somehow figured putting
>the car in drive would make the noise stop. I did, and my car peeled
>down the driveway with me half-asleep in the fully reclined driver's
>seat.
>
>I was sleeping with my foot jammed down on the accelerator -- and when
>I started the car up it took off in a cloud of smoke. Luckily, I
>managed not to hit anything or anybody, but nonetheless I put a big
>bungee cord around the gearshift so I couldn't do it again. =)
>
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