I've seen some cars like that, with the battery hidden in a trunk compartment. I've heard it's "to make more room in the engine compartment", but I'm not sure if it's always engineers being idiots - I imagine the company might also want things to be difficult to work on so that more customers might decide to take their car to the dealership to be worked on.
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
Re: Re: Zoox Robotaxi, first
By: Nightfox to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 09:23 am
engineers are really idiots and don't think about what will happen down the line. i've seen car batteries where you had to jack up the car and take off the tire to get to the battery. i've seen batteries in a compartment in the trunk and they have wires running under the hood
with posts for jumping.
Nightfox wrote to Dredster <=-
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By: Dredster to MRO on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:07 am
My 2014 Camaro has the battery in the trunk. You have to take out the spare tire to get to it.. Pain in the a$$ if you have a lot of stuff in the trunk like I do..
Meh, Chevy.. They seem to be fairly good cars, but I know someone who
had a Chevy and it was difficult to even replace the front headlight
bulbs - you couldn't just twist them out.
I've seen some cars like that, with the battery hidden in a trunk
compartment. I've heard it's "to make more room in the engine
I had a 78 Vette at one point, it was in the back somewhere because of that.
My Camaro is that way. Pull the carpet, pull the cover, pull the tools and then the spare tire to even get to the cover on the battery. It's a pain but there definately is no room under the hood....
My 2010 Camaro headlights have the High-Intensity Discharge system and you have to use special, and expensive, bulbs. It is recommended that all power be drained off the system and disconnect the batery before changing bulbs. I guess it can pack quite a jolt if not. Just had to do it a few months ago.
I had a 78 Vette at one point, it was in the back somewhere because of that.
I spent a lot of time working on my friend's '77 Vette. Was the 78 the first year of the bubble-back Vettes?
Putting the battery in the back helps with weight distribution on front-engine cars. Don't know how much it would help with vettes, as they're monsters.
My Vette story - my friend used to always want to race people off of stop lights, and he'd always get beat. He'd try replacing the spark plug wires, get a high-flow air filter, you name it. He went to get the spark plugs replaced (again) at a new shop and they called him over. When they pulled the plugs, they found 6 of the NGKs he'd bought, and 2 of the OEM AC Delco plugs that the previous shop never replaced because they were in the back and too hard to get to!
My 2010 Camaro headlights have the High-Intensity Discharge system and you have to use special, and expensive, bulbs. It is recommended that all power be drained off the system and disconnect the batery before changing bulbs. I guess it can pack quite a jolt if not. Just had to do it a few months ago.
Just last week I had to scrap my car due to a computer problem.
The main PCB had no markings of course no schematics are available.
I couldn't even buy a replacement computer from the dealer, They didn't
Hustler wrote to GenFx <=-
That's strange. How old is the car? Did you try the many online Auto parts stores. I've even seen used part sold online. Oh well.. I guess
it don't matter if the car went to the auto graveyard. Sorry for your loss.
MRO wrote to Thumper <=-
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By: Thumper to Nightfox on Mon Aug 07 2023 09:35 am
My 2010 Camaro headlights have the High-Intensity Discharge system and you have to use special, and expensive, bulbs. It is recommended that all power be drained off the system and disconnect the batery before changing bulbs. I guess it can pack quite a jolt if not. Just had to do it a few months ago.
i'm surprised they use those xeon bulbs instead of led. internet sez
they started using led headlights in 2004. i switched my suv's dim headlights to led and i love 'em. ---
When I looked for replacement bulbs, there appear to have been different types used for that model. Halogen, 2 styles and then the HID. I wanted to change to LED but I guess not with the HID setup. I did change tail lights to LED though.
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By: Thumper to MRO on Wed Aug 09 2023 09:20 am
When I looked for replacement bulbs, there appear to have been different types used for that model. Halogen, 2 styles and then the HID. I wanted to change to LED but I guess not with the HID setup. I did change tail lights to LED though.
you just use a conversion kit.
they have hid to led kits.
i'm supposed to use a canbus for my led lights, but the harness they gave me created a fuck ton of heat and killed my battery. i just go without it and my console warns me about the headlights because they don't draw enough power.
That's strange. How old is the car? Did you try the many online Auto parts stores. I've even seen used part sold online. Oh well.. I guess it don't matter if the car went to the auto graveyard. Sorry for your loss.
Re: Re: Zoox Robotaxi, first
By: Thumper to MRO on Mon Aug 07 2023 09:27 am
My Camaro is that way. Pull the carpet, pull the cover, pull the tools and then the spare tire to even get to the cover on the battery. It's a pain but there definately is no
room
under the hood....
My dad's Subaru had the battery AND the spare tire under the hood!
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