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      11-18-2019, 12:46 PM   #4
P.K.
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I suspect that the dealer is going by the book and ordering the battery from the mother ship and that they don't seem to have your sense of urgency - Doesn't sound like that "here's a loaner battery while we get yours" giddy up service. It is not a special battery but it is an AGM style with a vent. You could replace the stock battery with about any equal output vented battery as an interim measure but then you need the dealer, unless you are brave, to open the front lid- I have a crew that does this for me. I replaced my battery with a Battery Tender brand Lithium battery BTL24A480CW. I had to build an adapting bracket as the new one is about a quarter of the size. It is also about 30 lb lighter. I have had no issues or difficulties at all. I was thinking that even if I needed to double up, which could be done in the space I would still be only 7lb total.
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