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Anyone else have heard of this problem? My Uncle says its because of the headers he has on the car. What the solution? He wants to get ceramic coated headers eventually. But what would work for now? I was thinking some battery insulation, would it be enough?

Trying to get the car going so I can finish up the fender extensions.
 
1 I had was a light yellowish cover that went over the entire top of the battery with just enough openning for the battery caps & posts to stick through.
 
What problems are you having? Might be heat soak on your starter. Make a heat shield for your starter if you have hot start problems.
 
If you got a good parts store relationship, have them keep an eye out for one of the insulation wraps that go around the battery on one of the cores. Most people just toss them when they get a new battery.
 
Are you sure its heat soak and not an overcharging issue? Ive had one boil like crazy and found out it was alternator charging at 18v.
 
Wagonmaster said:
Are you sure its heat soak and not an overcharging issue? Ive had one boil like crazy and found out it was alternator charging at 18v.
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Check battery voltage at idle and reving the engine at 3000 rpms. Should be around 14v. Maybe a bad voltage regulator?
 
All right thanks. I'll check that out on Saturday.
 
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