Brake Fluid and Battery replacement

who knows. i'm not sure it matters if honda's specs are met. different brands are probably still made by johnson controls but with different specs, just like when honda oil filters and that garbage otherwise known as "fram" come off the same production line with strongly different quality levels..

jim beam wrote in news:eYSdnZMxpK97QJbTnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@speakeasy.net:

Yes, it is more than a sticker job. Interstate batteries are made by Johnson Controls, as are Sears DieHards. As a matter of fact, there are only three major battery producers in the U.S....Johnsom Controls, Exide, and Delco... Oooops, just read that Delco now belongs to Exide...Missed that change...They are simply made to different specs and badged accordingly....So Honda batteries may be built to different levels than the Interstate sold by NAPA. Hope this clarifies rather than muddys the waters... DaveD

jim beam wrote in news:iuidnSOv-eNCYpbTnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@speakeasy.net:

well,the same thing happpens with Chinese and Taiwanese machine tools. Different companies have different quality specs.(and different parts support.)

One would think there'd be some sort of markings somewhere on a car battery that tells who made it,if not an aftermarket battery.

there might well be, but you need a decent sample size to decode it. i used to know all the glass container manufacturer symbols years ago, but the chinese don't seem to feel the need to follow convention and threw a wrench in all that.

The Battery FAQ on the internet makes an attempt to relate "brand names" to actual manufacturers. Seems like an impossible task with so many Chinese companies trying to get into the market (either through legitimate means or by selling counterfit items). See

Ed

"C. E. White" wrote in news:iui768$vjv$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Thanks,Ed.

Jim Yanik wrote in news:Xns9F146D6E9EFEDjyaniklocalnetcom@216.168.3.44:

Here you go.