Tundras live: Dumb Dad Jokes, Incorrect Opinions, and Relationship Advice.

I'm w/your buddy (exteriors only)... a lot of people treat the inside of the cars like it's the unseen yard on the side of their house

I'd want no part in doing interiors as it would almost always turn into a complete detail and not just a vacuum and wipe down....

 

How much to clean up my life?

 

She did tip. If you had only done the package selected, not gone above and beyond, would the tip have been adequate?

If I take my truck in for an oil change, and then the find out my alternator is going and replace it without asking me, I'm not paying for anything but the oil change. I budgeted for an oil change so anything extra, though appreciated, is at their digression and their expense.

I'm purely playing devils advocate to show other perspectives. I agree it sucks that all that work only got you $125 bucks, but I don't think it was personal or that your response should drop to a personal "that bitch" level. It's a lesson learned, and you'll make sure you're fairly compensated in the future.

So... how much to clean my truck that hasn't been cleaned for the duration of my ownership?

 

$899.99

 

Plus tip

 

What about if it's just the tip?

 

I had to delete my post about your issue. too spicy.

 

What did you end up with?

 

Lead acid for $240. Not sure what brand as it's labelled with the name of the shop where I got it and I didn't look at it too closely.

 

Ok, stupid question: how long do you guys normally have to charge your new batteries? Mine's been on the charger for 18 hours and it's still not fully charged.

 

Uh, they come charged?

 

Yeah, it should come fully charged. Hopefully you didn't get the old one on the shelf.

 

My dad always told me to throw a new battery on the charger just to check but when I texted him about it, he said "they should come charged".

 

Thanks dad!

I always check mine with a meter before throwing them in, but I'm weird

 

Guy at the battery shop claims they checked the voltage before they sold me the battery and it should be good.

 

Interesting.. maybe it's your charger?

I would pull it off the charger and check the voltage after a couple hours

 

After being off the charger for about 2 hours, my tester says it's good. Sitting right at 1000 cranking volts, which is what it's rated for, which works out to 11.2V according to my tester.

(Picture of tester while not connected for reference only. Needle was in the green for 1000 cranking volts.)

 

Anyone better at Google than me know what to torque the battery clamp to? I thought I read on here they they're over tightened from the factory but I can't find it now.

 

I don't know that there's an official torque number. Always just tighten then until it can't budge on the battery post.

 

Somebody just walked into heaven. Lol

 

Not too much - - just enough so that you can't twist it on the terminal by hand. Too tight and it could distort the terminal and cause it to leak.

 

1/16th ugga dugga or 1/4 grunt.