Removing a 2008 Yaris car battery

How do you remove a 2008 Toyota Yaris car battery?

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Tom
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seriously????????????

How do you remove a 2008 Toyota Yaris car battery?

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Illuminated

I don't understand the question.

Locate the battery. Disconnect the NEGATIVE TERMINAL. Disconnect the POSITIVE TERMINAL. Remove any tie-downs that might exist -- there will be tie-downs as a matter of safety. Lift out the battery. Installation is the reverse of removal.

Since you had to ask, my advice is to take the car to a battery store and let them replace it for free. I like American Battery Stores. They sell a good product and a reasonable price.

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Jeff Strickland

replying to Jeff Strickland , Tom wrote: Thanks for the reply, guys. I am not mechanically inclined, but my son's college girlfriend owns a Yaris and her battery had died and my son could not get the battery cable connection off the terminal. It wouldn't budge for me, either. There was corrosion and the connection seemed like cement. I have a hurt shoulder, am over 57, not in the best shape, health wise, and I could not get enough leverage inside the cramped area. I watched a video on another site and in the video the demonstrator used water/baking soda to erase corrosion. I was successful, too, and was able to separate the connection and replace the battery. I really don't work on cars, and even the simple stuff to you guys always seems to take me a while to do. I guess my more correct question should have been "How do you loosen a corroded battery terminal?". I heard using Coca Cola was not the greatest idea, but the baking soda wash allowed me to wiggle the connection up. Thanks again for your replies. I'm ignorant of mechanical knowledge about cars, repairs, etc. Thanks Jeff. At least you weren't rude or sarcastic as the other guy came across. Appreciate it.

Tom

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Tom

AutoZone has a Loaner Tool Desk, kinda like the library has books. You can go there and borrow a battery terminal puller. Basically it is a claw-like thingy with a screw that you turn. As you turn the screw, it presses on the battery post and the claw pulls the cable off.

The idea of the loaner tool is that you don't need to spend 10 bucks to buy a tool that you will never use again. You can buy the tool, then they let you return it for full credit. There is a very wide selection of special tools for unique jobs that many home-mechanics might perform once in a lifetime.

Good luck.

TIP Be sure to disconnect the negative post first, and connect it last. The positive terminal WILL spark and do damage if you touch it to anything while the negative terminal is still connected. If the negative is disconnected, then the positive will not spark or do damage.

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Jeff Strickland

On 19/01/2013 12:18 PM, Tom wrote: I

Have you tried CLR or something like it?

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homepc

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