01 Jan 70 00:00, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    RW>> OTH, the HD battery in my XL has died from being on a trickle   
    RW>> charger. According to the local HD dealer, HD gell cells aren't   
    RW>> meant to be on a trickle charger? Dunno why not, since my Optima   
    RW>> (gell cell) was always on a trickle charger and it lived a very long   
    RW>> time that way.   
      
    MH> I don't have the original battery in my HD.  Don't recall the brand,   
    MH> but bought it from the motorcycle dealer where I bought my HD.   
      
   I tried that, but couldn't find a battery that fit the space HD made for   
   the battery. That was in 08 or 09 and had to go back to the HD dealer to   
   get an overpriced pos from them. When it failed again in less than a year,   
   I just let it sit until I can find one that is priced right and will fit   
   the space that it needs to go into.   
      
    MH> I just plug it into the trickle charger when I don't ride it for more   
    MH> than a few weeks and it stays on the trickle all winter long.  It has   
    MH> been going strong for 6 years that way. Fires right up on the first   
    MH> start in the spring.   
      
   Is that a LAB?   
      
    RW>  MH>> I might be testing out the Sears warranty this weekend if I   
    RW>  MH>> can't start the Monte Carlo.  I don't know the exact date I   
    RW>  MH>> bought it, but it was in September of 2009.  If it fails in   
    RW>  MH>> less than (3) years, it is a free replacement. Otherwise, it is   
    RW>  MH>> pro-rated up to 100 months. We shall see, soon enough.   
    RW>>   
    RW>> Sounds interesting.   
      
    MH> Looks like I won't have to test out the warranty after-all.  The   
    MH> Monte Carlo started right up this weekend after sitting all week.  I   
    MH> think the battery was just getting weak from the corrosion on the   
    MH> terminals - added to the fact that it was sitting for several weeks.   
      
   Cool.   
      
    RW>> Unless your driveway has a grade to it. Then the car parked behind   
    RW>> the old car in the driveway has the possibility of crashing into   
    RW>> those on the street. My 57 Chevy convertible did that to a friends   
    RW>> 57 Nomad. I attributed that to jealousy on behalf of the   
    RW>> convertible, but maybe they were in love and needed a   
    RW>> touchy-touchy...   
      
    MH> No grade in the driveway.  Eventually, we need re-organize to at   
    MH> least get one of the cars in the garage.  My bike and tools take up   
    MH> the other side of the garage.   
      
    MH> THey just don't make garages large enough.  Getting a decent sized   
    MH> vehicle in there, I can't open the refrigerator door, can hardly get   
    MH> out of the vehicle, etc.   
      
   OTH, my garage houses the 56 and the Camaro, along with the washer and   
   dryer with my work space in front of the 56/Camaro, which includes a CNC   
   verticle mill, my machine shop roll-away and tool box, with another one   
   along side of it for tools that used to be in my machine shop rollaway.   
      
   And then there is the spare hood for the 56 sitting under some new but yet   
   to be fully used, shelving, along with my roll away containing automotive   
   tools. And the HD sits behind the 56, allowing the door to be closed   
   behind it. My only complaint is that the Camaro had to sit outside from   
   Jan to Jun so that I could tear down the wall that used to seperate my   
   work area from car space, so that I could move the mill all the way to the   
   back of the garage. I thought I may have expand the garage to fit   
   everything in, but put a lot of stuff in a storage shed behind the garage.   
      
    MH> I don't mind parking outside unless it is pouring down rain and I   
    MH> have loads of groceries to bring in the house.   
      
   That's where a pickup or an SUV comes in handy. I fill the PU bed with   
   groceries, back up to the garage door and unload it under the overhang,   
   rain or shine. That's the shortest path to the kitchen anyway.   
      
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