MyRed69

I heard it was for better weight distribution too. But I would think if you're going to go that route, put it on the passenger side to offset (even just a little) the driver's weight since most folks when they drive their C3 hard are alone...

Arcticshark

It was odd that the battery was dead. I've never had any charging system problems on it. It still checks good.

Red70vette

I can't find the trunk on mine. Locating the battery was easy.

Ironcross

I know how you feel, mine were by 'Belden or Belding and only 24' long. However mine too are helping someone else start there junks. ...

Derrick Reynolds

Yeah, you know, after I wrote that, I got to thinking "50 feet is REALLY freakin' long". Thinking about it now, they probably were only 25 feet long. I know I didn't have any issue connecting my DD outside the garage to the Corvette battery, but if they were really 50 feet long, it seems like there would have been oodles of wire at my feet when I was connected, and I don't remember that being the case. I don't remember what brand they were, but if I had to guess I would say Craftsman. I bought a lot of tools at Sears back then, still buy some from them now too. Sorry to hear that yours are among the missing too.

My tools have been popular over the years. I never had my own place for tools until I bought my house. 32 years of storing tools in places where other people had access to them somehow caused thousands of dollars worth of them to grow legs and run away from home. I lost some tools at my house too, until I found some honest contractors to do the work on my house I chose not to do.

shrekviper

Anyone tried to setup a Positive terminal under the hood and use the engine as a ground? I had to jump mine this past weekend...

It's punishment for not driving her as much...

Sigforty

You could have popped the hood and connected to the starter and the engine to jump it. I know on the newer GM trucks they have a box under the hood with a positive terminal just for jumping.

marc9889

Another good reason to not put the battery under the hood is that older big block cars were built to operate at 210 degrees F. A battery's life would be cut way short when exposed to those temperatures, especially an early 70s battery.

Has anyone tried the AGM batteries yet? I installed a new one this morning. Hope it lasts longer than my last one (installed July, 2014).

cicconjo

What do you guys find works better for cold winter storage, a tender or disconnecting the battery entirely? I've done it both ways but somehow got burned last week with a battery that could not muster enough juice to start the car without a jump, even with the tender on. Battery was only 2 or maybe 3 years old. Next year I may just unscrew the cutoff and let it sit and not let the clock run for 5 months.

marc9889

I left the battery connected and kept a tender on it, and it failed after about the same amount of time. The LED on the tender goes solid green when it's at a full charge, and that's the way it stayed most of the time, even connected to the car's electrical system.

cicconjo

Yeah mine was green too. Glad I'm not the only one. New battery ordered.

marc9889

FWIW, I had been using the cheap Harbor Freight tenders ($7 each) on my mower and Polaris RZR with no problems at all. I bought what appeared to be a higher quality tender for the Corvette and here we are. The battery I bought today was $200 including tax, so more than ever, I'd love to know what I'm not doing right.

OldCarBum

I've used Battery tenders over the past 30 years and never had a problem with my motorcycles, boats or cars. They make several different styles and amperage rated tenders. They are not one size works for all. Make sure you have the right Battery tender for your application. I keep both battery cables and the Battery tender connected all year, however keep it unplugged during the week and plug it in on Friday nights. The tender checks the battery and if it needs to charge, it does and all lights are solid green in about five minutes. I leave it on over night, then unplug it again on Saturday morning. The only reason I do this is, many years ago I had a Battery tender hooked up to one of my boats and I noticed the "charging" led indicator had stayed on for several days. I checked my connections and found the battery was very warm. I had the battery tested and found it had a bad cell, was not taking a charge and the tender was continually attempting to charge the battery.

SIXTYTWO

My 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee has the battery under the passenger seat.

SwampeastMike

My '99 Seville STS has its' gigantic battery under the rear left (passenger) seat. How's that for weight distribution to counter the driver?

oldgto

Because our cars are nosed into the garage, we took a couple long pair, cut the clamps off one end of each set, then bugged them together with connectors. Now I have a heavy duty set of jumper cables that are 30 feet long!

lars

...because Ireland is known as "The Sunshine Country" in Europe...

bj1k

Tenders are good but not if you just put it on and forget it all winter . I had my first new DieHard battery go bad by doing this. They should only be put on for a week at most without a rest. They can fry the battery cells.

USAFVeteran

In a word....space.

jr73

I think they located the battery on the left so that when combined with the weight of the driver we can take even harder left-hand turns.