Remember how I said the next project for the big red machine was going to be a new front grill? Well I was wrong. (BTW: The big red machine's name is Eddie but everyone still prefers using his older brother's name Clifford The Big Red-Neck Limo.) It turns out that the teeny tiny 675 Batteries (yes I said batteries plural) were no match for the cold last year and they decided to pick this week (the first week of 2011) to die. I saw this coming but dropping $240 isn't easy when you're looking for work.
Being up in Tahoe doesn't help either. The price of everything is inflated here and I was really looking at closer to $260-270 for a set of batteries. Luckily, Johnny was heading to Reno...where everything is significantly cheaper. It also helps that Nevada's sales tax is lower as well. (Screw you California and your poorly managed government and your high taxes.) So before Johnny left for Reno, I removed the old, tired, and ready to die batteries...core charge, loaded them in his truck and left for HellTrack.
Johnny returned with 2 fresh 750 Motorcraft batteries. YEAH!!! I'm so stoked to have new batteries. Not so much on having to part with $240 but it was gonna happen anyway, why not check this off my list.
The batteries installed nicely. No major issues. And then the moment of truth...which really wasn't a moment because once I opened the door and the dinger went off, I knew Eddie and I were back in business. Did he start up? You're damn right he did. After sitting in the cold for over 30 hrs, Eddie and his new batteries work harmoniously together. In fact, he's running right now as I write this, warming up. Doesn't he look happy?
Well, I'm on to the next one....
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