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#884 of 914 Battery Charger by exzur2071 May 29, 2007 (4:07 am)
I womder why the Scunacher battrey charger works fine with the 2001 Pontiac Aztek and would not charge the battery of the 2005 C6 Corvette. Maybe, someone knows.   The my knowledge the C6 corvette battery is the regular 12V lead acid type and not the gel or deep cycle kind of. Replies to this message: bolivar (May 30, 2007 11:10 pm)
#885 of 914 Re: Battery Charger [exzur2071] by bolivar May 30, 2007 (11:10 pm)
Replying to: exzur2071 (May 29, 2007 4:07 am) Bad battery?   If a battery takes 'no charge' or takes a high charge and never tapers down to a lower amperage charge - both these mean the battery is a goner and will never recharge and perform adequately.
#886 of 914 Battery Charger by exzur2071 Jun 01, 2007 (8:58 am)
Thanks bolivar. Problem is the dealer check the battery and they say it is okay. The Scumacher 1500A also work on my third car, a 2006 Cobalt SS Supercharged. It also works fine on my lawn tractor battery.   On the Corvette, the charger switches to desulfating mode, i.e. the charger green light blinking instead of steady. The % charged light don't get past 15.The desulfation rans up to five to six hours.   I am driving the vette and the battery is fine.
#887 of 914 Battery Charger by exzur2071 Jun 13, 2007 (5:44 am)
Anybody knows how to maintain the C6 Corvette battery fully charged while in storage for more than three weeks? Replies to this message: dbr3nnan (Jun 17, 2007 8:22 am)
#888 of 914 Re: Battery Charger [exzur2071] by dbr3nnan Jun 17, 2007 (8:22 am)
Replying to: exzur2071 (Jun 13, 2007 5:44 am) You can try a Battery Tender ($30 - 40). Keeps the battery fully charged through a trickle charge.
#889 of 914 Re: Consumer Reports Tests [pony_pirate] by gbjerke Sep 26, 2007 (2:47 pm)
Replying to: pony_pirate (Feb 16, 2007 9:17 pm) I agree on the "Bose Blows" bit...until now. The Bose units in my '01 and '03 Z06's were horrible! Recently, I picked up my '08 coupe and have been very impressed with the Bose unit in this car. Night and day between the older units and this one. Have no idea what they did, nor have I made any attempt to verify changes but it is dramatic. Who knows, maybe GM listened to all the complaints about the old units and acted on the issue.
#890 of 914 2008 vette purchase by joevette1 Nov 13, 2007 (7:59 am)
For all concerned just pu my VY 2008 coupe 4lt, Z51, NPP Auto six speed. Car is loaded. It is just a beautiful, refined machine. GM has done their best to close the door on some of the prior negatives. The interior is just beautiful, fit and finish superb...Boy we have come a long way and it appears we will continue to do so..If you are in the market go and treat yourself....Joe
#891 of 914 How to store a C6 for 6 months by toquinho Feb 05, 2008 (10:29 pm)
Cold weather folks - how do you store your car for 6 months or so? I've leaving the US for 1/2 of the year and would like to raise my '07 C6 from the ground so the tires aren't damaged. Is it possible to raise the car by jacking-up each wheel and placing cinder bricks or something similar underneath the chassis? Are there particular locations where the weight can be handled with damaging the car?   Or should I just let the car stand on its tires for the whole 1/2 year?   Also, anything else to do other than disconnect the battery? Any special trick due to the FOB feature?   thanks much! Replies to this message: bolivar (Feb 05, 2008 11:08 pm)
#892 of 914 Re: How to store a C6 for 6 months [toquinho] by bolivar Feb 05, 2008 (11:08 pm)
Replying to: toquinho (Feb 05, 2008 10:29 pm) Read your owner's manual, it shows the under body jack points.   The car can also be supported on the side rails. There is an area where the body color plastic does not wrap under the car, jack stands can be placed there. Do not place jacks or stands on the wrapped around plastic, the plastic will break, and this is a very expensive repair.   The battery should not be allowed to freeze. If you pull it out and place in on a concrete floor, it will discharge in 6 months.   You can buy trickle charger that you can leave connected all the time to the battery. This is possibly the best thing to do. Removing a cable should be done even if there is a trickle charger used.   When you hook the battey back up, the windows must be re-indexed. Read your manual for this.   Add fuel stabilizer to the gas tank and run the motor for a couple minutes before the final shutdown.   Change the oil just before shutting it down.   I've never actually done this, so I really don't know what works. The above is just some of the things I've seen discussed.
#893 of 914 I'd also advise by nyccarguy Feb 07, 2008 (6:26 pm)
to pump up the tires to their MAX load capacity so they don't flatten out.   You could always lend the car to me and I'll make sure it gets driven, washed, & driven some more:)

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