[DJ's left nut]

Old cars, man....

This morning I jump in it - {click}. Nothing.

Radio and lights work, but starter motor isn't turning. I can hear the solenoid trying to fire but bendix didn't do a thing.

Throw the multi-meter on there, brand new battery pulling 11.5 volts so obviously pretty discharged. I went ahead and jumped it, tested at the alternator, about the same thing.

Popped it off, took it (and the belt) to O'Reilly to test it, failed. Bought a new one and a new belt since I had to remove the belt to get the alternator off; belt seemed fine but why not replace it?

But hey, it was an excuse to get a new battery tender. Kinda silly that I never had one - the damn thing's wired with a quick connect, I just lost my old tender at some point. Went ahead and got a top post batter shutoff as well just to make things easier in the winter.

So there's another $300 or so but hey - nobody said toys are cheap. And that's going to make the winterizing process all the easier.

{Detox} "Whats this 'winterizing'?" {/Detox}