Originally Posted by 6PakBee
Originally Posted by Diplomat360
Sooo....one more follow-up, b/c that post protruding out like that just didn't seem "right"...LOL

As it happened I just drained the initial break-in oil from the motor, re-filled with new stuff and was going to fire that up. I gave the post a little tap with a hammer, I swear it was NOT oen of these "I'm gonna make you pay for this" type of an efforts either, damned thing popped right out!!! What da....???

Yeah, so it looks like the post somehow corroded internally, or at least part way through the body??? I have never seen this before...having said that, I found my original purchase receipt for this battery: 2012, so yeah, it's been a while, perhaps that's a realistic lifetime?

Anyways, FYI for everone else.


Boy, is my face red. I'd never in a hundred years believed that could happen. But it did. Good thing you found it when you were in the garage rather than in Wherethehellarewe AZ.


What does that make my face? laugh2

But you did warn him to not make it a 'problem', I think the hammer smack falls under that category. shock grin

I do wonder what caused that corrosion in the OP's battery.

Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.