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During the recent abnormally cold snow storm in Texas my 2017 Toyota Tundra Battery died.
I was able to charge it and it would work throughout the cold days but would die again overnight. After the weather heated up it was able to hold a charge most of the days.
I spent two weeks researching batteries. I decided to go with a Duracell Group 27 battery that had 840 cold cranking amps. This battery was cheap and has a 36 month warranty. What persuaded me a lot was I could not find a Odessa or North Star group 27 battery. Their was smaller batteries but I did not want to have to buy any kind of spacer or risk the cables braking from the vibration.
When I went to the store I attempted to remove my old battery but the positive terminal had corroded to much so I figured I would just take the new battery home were I had more tools
After buying the new battery, I went to start my truck it died after a few second. I’m thinking great now I’m stranded at a battery store because I have a dead battery.
I looked at the stuck terminal and saw another bolt that I could unscrew to disconnect the wires. Luckily the battery store sold new terminals. I found some kind of Dekka terminal. It does not look as durable as some of the terminals I saw on Amazon but Dekka is a good company so I went with it. I also purchased a terminal cleaning and protection kit.
The good think about the protection kit is it has the tool to clean the terminals. It so had a hand cleaning towelette. I was not impressed by the post proctor. It seemed like it was only for the positive side due to the red paint. It also does not dry. I remember having a mechanic work on another car I had and he used a chemical for both post.
After I got back to work I double checked the battery. I noticed it had a crack on top by the fluid cover. Some fluid actually came out. I am going upgrade the battery tomorrow or exchange it for a non cracked one. Small amounts of fluid got on my hand and burned my skin a little but nothing severe.