Hey fellas, been absent for a minute. Crohn's kicked my tail for about a year so no riding...I have been keeping busy though...As a novice mechanic I bit the bullet and have been on an arduous adventure of rebuilding my Powerstroke 6.0 engine. Almost as fun as my Valve Job adventure on the Connie :-). Funny to think that the engine weighs almost twice that of my Connie. Took her out, and down all the way to the block. block, heads, machined, ARP studs, new oil cooler, EGR, lots of OEM updates, new sensors, FICM update. Turbo rebuild, starter, If it has a screw its been removed, and rebuilt. Learned a lot. But not enough about batteries....Connie's been so neglected, that the battery was toast this morning...haven't ridden much in months, as my buddy loaned me an old TownCar while by Truck's been down. Enough of 4-wheels and back to 2-wheels:
So, Im not too sharp on how to test batteries, but did slap my meter on it, zip, plugged in trickle for 3 hours, and afterwards registered 12.4V on meter, and 12 on bike, Bike slams hard to 14v as soon as its moving. My question is, should there be another test I should be running to validate health? Cold cranking amps comes to mind as I'm familiar with that term as it relates to my 2 big arse Truck batteries. Batteries about 5 years old now.
Will
