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Grease Monkeys! Can you change your own battery?

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Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Christobevii3
Unless you have one of those dumb cars where the batter is underneath so it can't be stolen and have to take the tire off, I would just change myself. Plus many places won't change those dumb ones either, mostly chrysler cars.
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Heh I've had to mess around with replacing a battery for a '96 Dodge Viper. Now that thing was a pain. You had to take off the tire just to get access to the battery. It was fun driving it though 😉
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Heh, the old Citroen SM was worse when it came to sparkplugs anyway. You had to lift the engine to change 3 of them (Transverse Maserati V6).

 
Originally posted by: Christobevii3
Unless you have one of those dumb cars where the batter is underneath so it can't be stolen and have to take the tire off, I would just change myself. Plus many places won't change those dumb ones either, mostly chrysler cars.
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I'd almost rather have it out in the open so if someone tries to steal it they get a 50-70 dollar battery instead of busting up 500-700 worth of other things to get to it.
 
Originally posted by: Colt45
It's under my back seat. like a 3 minute job.
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Heh I remember my old VW Beetle that I had in college had something draining the battery while the car was parked so until I figured out what it was I just left the back seat unlatched and would reach back there and unhook the negative when I parked. It has never taken me more than 10 minutes to remove and replace a battery in any car I have owned.
 
1994 Holden Commodore. Oh so easy to change.
If you had trouble trying to remove it, why didnt u just do a google search on "removing battery from <car model>".
There is heaps of car howto documentations online. It beats paying $15+
 
I have to figure out how to *get* to mine - after that it shouldn't be too hard. But it's underneath the windshield-wiper reservoir. The car is a 1995 Buick Regal GS.

Nate
 
Originally posted by: alphadude
If you had trouble trying to remove it, why didnt u just do a google search on "removing battery from <car model>".
There is heaps of car howto documentations online. It beats paying $15+
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I did! Couldn't find anything for my Olds.

(I see you're in NZ--is it a great place to live?)
 
Originally posted by: kami333
Took me 5 or 10min last time but for $15 I would have had it done, grease and crap everywhere plus it was the middle of winter.
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I had to change a battery with a -40c windchill... that's -40f :Q
 
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