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Gummiente reacted to 1 BAD 9T9's post in the thread Question 1997 C5 Bty Leak To Ground, Advice Needed with
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rfh928 absolutely correct. When I bought my used '99 it had a brand new battery in it and A/C did not work properly. Thought this all fishy so looked under battery and it was all acid leak damage. The battery posts on C5's are side mount and they sometimes leak. Big problem is the main control module is underneath as well as the main wiring harness. To make a long story short I had to pull the right front fender to get at this mess. Luckily the harness and computer were OK, but the vacuum hose for the air conditioning was eaten through. Rubber or neoprene thought were impervious to acid, but I was wrong. Had to pull intake to replace hose, but I did the whole job myself for less than $15.00, Went straight to my battery guy and bought a dry cell battery for around $150.00. I am guessing his job at a repair shop would be around $1500.00 so GET YOUR DRY CELL BATTERY NOW! -
rusmac replied to the thread Replacement insurance/Chevrolet extended protection plan/Prepaid maintenance for the Corvette C8.Replacement Insurance for 5 years through BelAir Direct for my 2019 GMC is only $67/year. So i would shop around. It should not be more than $1000 for 5 years. -
1 BAD 9T9 replied to the thread Question 1997 C5 Bty Leak To Ground, Advice Needed.rfh928 absolutely correct. When I bought my used '99 it had a brand new battery in it and A/C did not work properly. Thought this all fishy so looked under battery and it was all acid leak damage. The battery posts on C5's are side mount and they sometimes leak. Big problem is the main control module is underneath as well as the main wiring harness. To make a long story short I had to pull the right front fender to get at this mess. Luckily the harness and computer were OK, but the vacuum hose for the air conditioning was eaten through. Rubber or neoprene thought were impervious to acid, but I was wrong. Had to pull intake to replace hose, but I did the whole job myself for less than $15.00, Went straight to my battery guy and bought a dry cell battery for around $150.00. I am guessing his job at a repair shop would be around $1500.00 so GET YOUR DRY CELL BATTERY NOW! -
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