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Offline carlite65

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original BXT-59 Battery For Sale
« on: June 07, 2011, 07:37:33 PM »
i was presented with a motorcraft battery that has a black case. labels are in excellent shape. the battery is a BXT-59 with 540 CCA. there are numbers stamped into the top of the case which i cannot identify. part of those are, i believe, the date codes. can anyone tell me exactly what they mean and also what the application of this battery was. it was purported to be from a 1994 mustang GT but one of the codes leads me to believe it was mfd. in 1999. if this is indeed the case the battery will be for sale.
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Re: original battery i.d. needed please
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2011, 10:55:48 PM »
Nov 99 24 day ,,,maybe

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Re: original battery i.d. needed please
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2016, 01:42:41 AM »
YES 99,dates codes same as always. That is an original factory battery
Brian
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Re: original battery i.d. needed please
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2016, 09:04:59 AM »
that battery is still available.
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Re: original BXT-59 Battery For Sale
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2016, 08:33:00 PM »
While on the subject BXT-59-540 . How do I decode this one.
3E23CY1A
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Re: original battery i.d. needed please
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2016, 06:17:31 PM »
that battery is still available.

The battery is still available, but the service replacement is not the same as the factory version.

Factory version has the small electrolyte float on it, while the service replacements that I've seen do not have that.
Same battery was used in my 2003 Cobra.  Thought about stashing the original in a corner of the garage, but that seemed a touch "hoarder", so I turned it in.  I'll let the next owner worry about putting it back to "concours factory thoroughbred original correctliness" ;-)
Mike B.

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1 of 354 in Sonic Blue

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Built: Dearborn, Oct 6th, 1969
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Re: original BXT-59 Battery For Sale
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2016, 06:27:14 PM »
what i meant was it is still for sale. i have it here at the shop.
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Re: original BXT-59 Battery For Sale
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2016, 01:49:38 AM »
what i meant was it is still for sale. i have it here at the shop.

Oh!  Sorry, I misunderstood!  GLWS
Mike B.

2003 Mustang Cobra Convertible
1 of 354 in Sonic Blue

1970 Cougar Eliminator (Competition Gold / Black Decor Interior), 428SCJ, Ram-Air, 4-speed w/ Hurst shifter
Built: Dearborn, Oct 6th, 1969
Cat Bites Man!