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Old 05-20-2014, 10:49 PM
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The original battery that was in my 07 FXD was getting to the point of struggling to spin over the V twin but it starts my 1971 10 hp Sears lawn tractor just fine and I might be able to get a couple more years use from it before it goes completely bad,I have found with car batteries that ones that are having a hard time spinning over a big block will last a few more years starting a small block and I try to get the most use from anything I buy.
 
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Pace maker? Hummmmm
 
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Originally Posted by junkyardscrounger
The original battery that was in my 07 FXD was getting to the point of struggling to spin over the V twin but it starts my 1971 10 hp Sears lawn tractor just fine and I might be able to get a couple more years use from it before it goes completely bad,I have found with car batteries that ones that are having a hard time spinning over a big block will last a few more years starting a small block and I try to get the most use from anything I buy.
I do that quite often. I have one right now waiting to go in an old Craftsman.
 
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Now I need to buy a lawn tractor...
 
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Door stop.
 
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One of my previous HD batteries lives on in a '74 CB750 just fine.
 
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Now I need to buy a lawn tractor...
I need a lawn for the lawn tractor I need now .....
 
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1. Paperweight
2. Flamberge Ammo (Multiple)
3. Catapult Ammo (Singular)

and numerous other uses that Homeland Security would probably Flag ya for

LOL

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I got five or six of them that I use as obstacles to trip over in the garage.
 
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OK, take a long wire and connect it to the positive side. Solder the other end to a penny. Take another long wire and connect it to the negative side. Solder the other end to another penny. Next time you are with your gal in bed, tape one penny to her ankle, and tape the other penny to your ankle, then do the dirty deed.
 


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