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Old 07-30-2011, 02:03 PM   #72 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kennedywill View Post
After weeks of dormancy and battery Off-On, I brought back the old Honda lead-acid battery [# 34B17R(S)-M] which started the car fine. The SOC topped off at 4 bars tho I never had low bars prior. That little battery soon faded.
Maybe you need a new 12 volt battery? The small OEM one is hard to find (at least for me), so I'd go to the full-sized one as used in the Civic. I think it's a group 51? Fits just fine in the battery tray, and gives you some reserve.
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