Time To Get A Battery

Above, the Jeep's battery compartment. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Today, I have to be in Gallup to take Larry Lucier to his physical therapist and, while in town, pick up a new battery for the Jeep.

The battery I have is a two-year battery and it has been almost three years since I bought it. It has been losing power (probably partly due to the cold temperatures) and I have had to hook it up to a battery charger to get the Jeep started over the last couple of days. 

The Jeep, a military 1952 Willys Jeep M38A1, formerly had a 24 volt system. But, before I bought it, it was converted to 12 volt. The recommended batteries for such a conversion are 51R batteries. 

I think I got my money's worth from the battery.

After that's done, I'll have to deal with the Mustang's starting problem. For the first time in two weeks, I got it started yesterday.