So I just installed an Odyssey battery in my Jeep! This will be my forth Odyssey. I also have one in my DR leaf and lawn vac, my 800, and my Buick. What makes this particular install significant is how this new battery rolls the engine over so powerfully. Back in 13′ I had a Jasper engine installed in the Jeep. Aside from the engine and generic tune-up parts and maintenance parts I had a new battery (interstate) and starter installed. This is where the issue began, on hot days after shutting the Jeep off and then coming back say within a half an hour to re-start it there was a point in the rotation of the motor where the starter labored. I was confident this was just a tight spot in the new remanufactured engine. So fast forward 3yrs with one of those years the Jeep sat due to a blown tranny and so did the newish interstate battery. Recently as the weather began to get colder the interstate was showing signs of fatigue so I ordered up the Odyssey which I’m not to thrilled to say I OVER paid for due to a late night multi mail order spree I went on. The Sierra needs 2 new batteries and I will be sure to order them from batterymart.com! The new Odyssey has 950cca compared to the 675cca of the interstate. All in all I’m certainly pleased with the performance of the Odyssey and the way it cranks the motor over so fast. The engine just fires so much faster now and faster then it ever did with the interstate.
Almost forgot I had a bad neg terminal so I split the OEM one with the dremel and broke it apart with pliers. Then I used solder terminals on the harness and bolted them to the replacement battery terminals. This way if in the future the bat terminals fail new ones can easily be bolted up.
