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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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My new '80 came with a 6 yr Delco battery. I'm starting to question its charge holding capacity.

How can I find out when it was made?
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 10:25 PM
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there is a date code on a stamp. Not hard to figure out, usually on a label on top. Take it out and have it tested
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Battery Information: Letter corrosponds with the month:Example, A is for january, B is for Febuary & so on. The letter I is skipped so the letter M would be December.
The number represents the year. Example 9=1999, 0=2000. A9 would be January 1999. C0 would be march 2000. Hope this helps.
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If its 6 years old I would replace it soon.
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I had a 60 month Diehard last 10 years I kept it on a battery tender over the winters
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The last 2 numbers stamped on top of the battery are O9.
That's 2 months past Dec!!
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