Maintain your battery tray!

[Jawbone]

I hope I'm not the only person who has not checked under their battery. I got the car 2 1/2 years ago and it still has the battery that came with it. Finally pulled the battery yesterday and found a substantial pile of goop in the battery tray (in the trough). There's a hole in the tray so some of the goop was in the channel below that supports the tray. It looks like it hadn't been cleaned for at least 10 years. You'll need a lot of baking soda, hot water and a hose. Hope this helps someone.

 

[stykthyn]

I found acorns and pine straw under mine

 

[Mustang5L5]

I found an old socket I lost 8 years ago

 

[capri debris]

Battery acid is bad... um-kay.

 

[BK_CAULEY]

I got you all beat!! I once found an un-used tampon still in the package under the battery in the tray in a 4cyl coupe donor car i bought.

 

[aar0s]

I got you all beat!! I once found an un-used tampon still in the package under the battery in the tray in a 4cyl coupe donor car i bought.

HEY! you better have put that back, i put that there to soak up the battery acid!

 

[87_LX_5.0]

I got you all beat!! I once found an un-used tampon still in the package under the battery in the tray in a 4cyl coupe donor car i bought.

What else are you supposed to use to wedge the battery in place?

 

[wythors]

I could see finding a tampon in a Honda, but a Mustang????

 

[Jeffrey]

HEY! you better have put that back, i put that there to soak up the battery acid!

Taking it out of the wrapper first may help

 

[giddyup306]

I found Jimmy Hoffa under mine.

 

[1993SSP]

Maybe one of us may find Bin Laden under a battery tray, I could sure use the reward money