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Fox
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| Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:35 pm I did it again! |
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Haven't ridden my scooter for a few days, and I go to ride it to the store right now and I had left the key on all that time again! I opened up the battery box, and there was acid water all inside there. The negative terminal was covered in acid build-up so I had to pull the battery and get out the baking soda/water/paint brush.
It's charging now....
I'm an idiot sometimes!
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threedogs61
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| Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:41 pm |
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LOL Fox. You are one of the most informative idiots I have seen on this site. :lol:
Was there any sort of alcohol involved in your oversite? |
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Fox
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| Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:50 pm |
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threedogs61 wrote: LOL Fox. You are one of the most informative idiots I have seen on this site. :lol:
Was there any sort of alcohol involved in your oversite?
Not this time unfortunately because that would have given me an excuse. :beer: :cheers: ROFL |
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Fox
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| Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:43 am |
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I went to put my battery back in and the acid had weakened the lug on the neg wire and it snapped off. :cry:
When it rains it pours.... :icon_angry_3: |
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Scootin
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| Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:03 pm |
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| That sucks :( |
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hobbes22
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| Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:42 pm |
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| A lesson for us all LOL |
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GuzziHero
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| Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:44 pm |
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What the...
I felt a Yamaha FZR ignition turned on for 2 weeks and I never got that problem :o
The battery was kippered though. |
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halley
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| Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:36 am |
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| Do we need to add "put your scooter key on your house key's ring" in the quickie tips thread? I'm glad I don't have one of those attached garages where you can leave the inner kitchen door unlocked. |
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Fox
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| Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:08 am |
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Well I fixed the lug on the neg lead. Acid had worked it's way up the wire about 1/4 inch. I cut it off and put a new lug on there and now it starts better and it even runs better. It was a blessing in disguise. A sheep in wolf's clothing. :lol:
I recommend to all to check your battery terminals for acid build-up. Clean it off with a wire brush and then put some baking soda and water mixture to neutralize it. And replace the lugs if they look corroded. moped_smilie :icon_icon-scoot: |
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thruss91
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| Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:30 am |
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| last time I put my key on the house key ring, someone locked the door with it and left it in the lock so I was looking everywhere for it and found it hanging in the door :roll: I got so annoyed I ripped the plastic original key off and got an all metal one cut. |
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Yellow Scooter
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| Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:15 pm |
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It took me awhile, but I got into the habit of leaving the kill switch in the on position, and just killing the motor thru the keyswitch.
Otherwise I would have about a dozen or 2 kills, stamped up & down the front fenders, like fighter pilots have their kills stamped on their planes. Only mine would be stamps of batteries.... :P |
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