Still got your original battery??

[x NOODLES x]

Stock here, 11k miles no battery tender, garaged.

+1. Identical. :beer:

 

[yellow03cobra]

yes, but I have 12,000 miles on my car.

I did have to slow charge it once to get it back, but working fine again.

 

[latemodelracer2]

stock batt with 26k miles

 

[03cobra#694]

This must have been one hell of a battery.I`m lucky to get 3 years on one in any of my other vehicles!

 

[Comp281]

Stock battery. 14000 miles. Use a tender in winter.

 

[Black Talon]

Stock battery here. 33k

 

[03sm3341]

had mine until last spring might still have it if the alt. did'nt kill it. Now I have a nice new motorcraft in mine

 

[Mike Gnolfo]

my car sits often and at 12.5k it was replaced with stock Motorcraft...14.5k now :rolling: I have since got a battery tender which is awesome

 

[homer302]

Garage queen/weekend car since day 1. 7,2XX miles. Most of those miles were in the first 3 years of ownership. Been on a tender for last ~3 years. Lead plates still look new; no buildup.

Holy Crap. You take your battery apart to look at the lead plates. Man, you need a job or another hobby possibly. Back when batteries were designed with removable caps I never took one apart just to look at the lead plates.

However, yes still on the original battery. The Battery Tender is evil. I hope lightning never strikes near any of your homes while your car is hooked up to one. Don't be calling Deltran for help either. They will not be returning your phone calls and you will be spending many many hours replacing bulbs, controls, switches and ECUs.
A new battery every 3 years is cheaper by far.

 

[dom418]

might be a dumb question but what came with our cars? Was it a motorcraft? I want to replace mine with a stock battery and want to know where to buy one.

 

[XyX]

mine is original

 

[lucheski]

stock with 87K

 

[bmxer89]

I have no idea, never really looked at my battery.

 

[Smacked_in_ATL]

Yes sir! 37,700 miles. Still strong.

 

[03yllwguy]

Just saw this thread, my battery died 4 hours ago, lasted me 58k miles, 7 years.

 

[Black306]

Holy Crap. You take your battery apart to look at the lead plates. Man, you need a job or another hobby possibly.

Looking at lead plates is my other hobby. You know the first one, maintaining my magical insurance that covers aftermarket modifications. :lol:


Actually my job, among other things, deals with automotive batteries on a daily basis. So popping battery caps from time to time on my cars is nothing unusual for me.

Now, looking at the plates without having to pop the caps.....that's unusual.

 

[03cobra#694]

might be a dumb question but what came with our cars? Was it a motorcraft? I want to replace mine with a stock battery and want to know where to buy one.

Yup,get it from the Ford dealer.I think they`re about $100.

 

[timspony]

Original battery on both...both Cobra's 28k miles!

 

[Y2k4cobra]

My battery took a dump last month at 9,000 miles so I put in a ford GT battery I had to fab up a L clamp to clamp it down but it looks good and its a optima battery and weighs probably 15lbs lighter than the stock one.

 

[reggies]

Bought my '04 with 4200 miles in July '05 with a newly replaced Motorcraft battery. I remove the battery every fall when I store the vehicle and I'm closing in on 6500 miles.