ev305tpi

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Hey Everyone,

The battery in my 1LE is getting weak. It's the 2nd battery the car has had, and the previous owner actually had the decal from the original battery removed and placed on this one many years ago. I recently bought a repro label, but the new Delco batteries have the two removable caps, not the flat style type. Does anyone know if thee is a battery type that has the same physical type top as the originals?



Thanks!
Erik

jlarsson

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East Penn makes the same style flat top batteries (75 series) but without the "green eye" on them.

http://www.dekabatteries.com/

Napa, Sears and others get their batteries from there with their own labels on them.

Bye the way do you have a better high resolution photo of the decal on yours we can keep as a reference for those of us that had that same 601 battery from the factory.

jlarsson

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Here's my Deka battery with the decals removed and replaced.

82tarecaro

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Jan - I love the green 'eye'!

jlarsson

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I'm pretty pleased with how that one came out ... and can't be copied easily due to the special print process with a gloss spot in the very centre mimicking the clear eye with the green glow !

ev305tpi

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Wow, that looks great! Thanks for putting up the pics and the info, I really appreciate it! Yes, i'll snap some better pics of the label and send them over to you. I asked my friend who does high end decals if he could make some based on it, he said he thought so.

ev305tpi

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Out of curiosity, what did you use to remove the old labels? Heat gun or just peel them off at ambient temperature? Thanks!

82tarecaro

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Warm them slightly with a heat gun. The glue will release enough to come off without much effort. Just make sure you keep the heat gun moving and use it on a low setting or you will melt the label.

jlarsson

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On the new battery I bought (pictured above); the labels just pulled off with no effort at all.

Send me some good pictures of yours when you got it off, or put it in your scanner if possible.

GCrites80s

I don't even remember how the green eye works. When it was green it was supposed to be charged, right? I seem to recall back in the '90s seeing the green eye looking OK but the battery could still be dead.

jlarsson

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Green is good ... black would mean recharge ... grey/white means dead ... however not a very reliable system.

Here's a period video to watch:

Note the factory correct decals on the battery !

mantaguy

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Did the Green eye come with that set?I just bought those and no Dot

jlarsson

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Nope, something I had done specially for me.

jlarsson

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By the way where did you buy your set?

mantaguy

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ev305tpi(Erik),gave me the heads up on this Ebay Ad
http://www.ebay.com/itm/delco-battery-decal-Restoration-Chevy-Buick-Gm-Pontiac-/191042431662?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c7b042aae&vxp=mtrI just finished getting them on.This is a Napa Legend 75 Battery


You wouldn't happen to have a spar dot would you?

jlarsson

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Aha, how's the quality of those?

Oh and looks like you installed them upside down.

mantaguy

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I thought I did,SOB,but I was looking at yours and the small decal is up where the post are.could it be because yours is on the right side and mine is on the left.
I've only had this bat.since last summer,so I guess it's OK.
Do you have a dot to spare?

jlarsson

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Did you have a chance to take better photos or scan the label as discussed some time ago.

Did your friend make repros of your label, if so let me know and maybe we can swap some :-)

Send me a PM