Ford Explorer: 92 Ford Explorer won't start - battery problem?

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:09:11 GMT, Tyler <net>
wrote:
 

It's dead, Jim.
Uh, Tyler. I meant Tyler! :-)

Six years for a battery is pretty good. Break down and buy a new one,
and your problems will probably disappear. Well, the starting
problems, anyway!

The battery is almost seven years old (warranty 


For cripes sake... Go to Costco and pry $35.00 out of your wallet !!!

If I EVER had a battery last 7 yrs, I'd build a shrine around it and worship
it !!

Bill Funk wrote: 

I did, and they did, thanks. I didn't need to break down in order to
buy anything, but thanks for implying that I'm some kind of cheap
bastard. Nice of you to be thinking of others that way. All I wanted
to do was make sure that it WAS the battery by asking other peoples'
opinions - I've never owned a vehicle before.

Tyler

And up yours too, jerk off. If you actually read my post, and
thought about what it said for maybe ten seconds, you'd realize I was
set to go out and get one. I just wanted others' opinions first to make
sure I had the right diagnosis as (as I said) I had just bought the
thing and was unsure as to what the problem might be. In fact, I've
never owned a vehicle before this week. So kindly blow your attitude
out your ass, keep your nasty insinuations about my character out of my
posts, and drop dead while you're at it. Knob.

Tyler

rayfox wrote:
 

Ain't nothing quite like biting the hand that feeds you, Ty. Seems like you
may be a tad thin-skinned for UseNet...

In truth, not one soul here owed you any kind of an answer -
straight-forward, sarcastic, snide or what-ever...... If I were you, I'd
have been happy for any answer I got...

--
Jim Warman
net

"Tyler" <net> wrote in message
news:net... 

If I were you, I'd get used to the idea of paying for advice / service.

And judging from your personality, you'll probably wind up paying top dollar
!

I'd bet the guy who sold you the shitbox is probably laughing his ass off !

"Tyler" <net> wrote in message
news:ZuElb.31419$.. 
worship 

Bite the hand that feeds me? What hand that fed me, amigo? If all
the hand does is offer a slap, damn right I will snap at it. I'm not
particularly thin skinned, but neither do I tolerate pointless rudeness
or abuse, in any situation. Simply because usenet is rife with abuse
and flame is no excuse to either tolerate it...or indulge childishly in
it for it's own sake.

Usenet started primarily as a forum for researchers and students to
exchange information and ask questions, and so has a long tradition of
being a place to discuss various topics and ask & answer questions. But
you're right, no one here *owes* me answer. And I didn't get one from
anyone here, either. Telling me that it's dead is something that I
already knew. What *I* was asking was, why is it dead? just old? a
bad alternator? a short circuit? are explorers prone to that? I was
hoping to benefit from the experience of others. Such as this helpful
respone I got from golfboy on the Ford enthusiast forum:

"OK a good thing about explorers is they have a volt gauge do you know
what that looks like?? It is to the left of the speedo, the last guage
on top should be above the temp guage, when you turn the key to on not
starting the vehical the gauge should be in the normal region, then when
you start it, it should jump up to over half way but still in the normal
area, now if it does that then the alternator is fine and you just need
a battery, also you will not be able to drive around with a dead battery
and a bad alternator, the car will jump and the min you take it off the
jumper cables it would die, but to me it sounds like its you battery an
ez do it your self fix, just remember red is positive which goes on the
pos side of the battery and black is neg goes on the neg side of the
battery"

Simply because it is a public place does not entitle me to an answer,
tis true. I depend on the good will of others, just like those who
depend on my goodwill in answering tech support type questions in other
newsgroups. But it being a public place does not entitle YOU to abuse
or be rude to me, nor give you any right to complain if I defend myself
against such.

Grow up, amigo. Politeness and courtesy are hallmarks of a cultured
and mature person. And unwillingness to quietly suffer abuse is the
hallmark of a free person.

Tyler


Jim Warman wrote: 

Mmm. Somehow, I am not going to put much faith in a flamer's opinion
of my personality and future personal dealings with others. Especially
when said flamer has as a sample size of 1. And *particularly* awho
doesn't even post his contact information.

The guy who sold me the suv thru the edm.forsale group is coming to
my going away party next week. His selling me the thing made my whole
relocation possible. He gave me an excellent deal on a well maintained
vehicle, and paid for everything the mechanical inspection showed needed
fixing with no complaint (which was just some bearing greasing). And
thus I am going to show my gratitude for his magnaminousness and general
niceness in selling me such a fine suv by having him over for my going
away wine & cheese. So. He is a sweet old guy, so kindly don't malign
HIM either, you obnoxious prat. Keep your nasty thoughts in your head
and out of public places; the world is quite ugly enough without people
like you making it even worse for no reason.

Tyler



rayfox wrote: