How To Change A Car Or Truck Battery - OPTIMA Batteries Review

For my everyday commuter I will be installing OPTIMA Batteries YellowTop Group 51R Dual Purpose battery (Part # D51R). The only tool I needed for this install was an 8" adjustable wrench. I would recommend a ratchet instead of an adjustable because it makes this install a lot easier.

Here is my old stock battery that came with my car. Judging by the corrosion and the fact that I don't know how old this battery is it was a good time to change the battery.

The first thing to do is to remove the battery harness. Every vehicle is different but most vehicles I have changed in the past have had a setup somewhat similar to this setup.

So you don't get a nasty shock you need disconnect the negative battery terminal. Loosen the bolt and the terminal should pop right off.

Next we remove the positive terminal by loosening the bolt and pulling the terminal away from the battery.

Now that my old battery is out, it is time to put it aside and get my new Yellow Top battery ready to be put in.

A side by side comparison of my D51R next to my old and dirty stock battery; not only does the OPTIMA battery look better, it is also lighter.

Time to do everything in reverse; I installed the Yellow Top and secured it with the battery harness. One difference I did notice was the OPTIMA battery was slightly taller than my stock battery. All I had to do was adjust the length of my harness and I was back in business.

I cleaned any corrosion that was on my positive terminal the re-tightened the nut till it was secure.

The same process was done for the negative terminal.

The battery is installed any my car cranked up faster than it did before. The only thing left to do is to find an auto shop to take your old battery and have them recycle it.