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Old 11-01-2003, 04:58 PM   #1
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Where the heck can I buy a battery??

Hey folks,

My 95 Olds Aurora needs a new battery. But I can't find one ANYWHERE except the dealer...and they want $170 for it!!!

Any ideas??

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Old 11-01-2003, 06:02 PM   #2
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Re: Where the heck can I buy a battery??

A/C Delco Professional Maintenance Free(supercedes Delco Freedom), #D07-79-6YR. If you can't find a parts house that will order Delco, check your yellow pages under "Battery Distributors", or white pages for an A/C Delco distributor. The trick is to find a dist./wholesaler who will sell to you. I get all my stuff from my local. Paid $97.77 for the battery. It's a 1/4" shorter than the original, but still fits the vent tube and hold-down perfectly. My receipt shows p/n 19001845 also. Good luck!
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Old 11-01-2003, 06:41 PM   #3
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Re: Re: Where the heck can I buy a battery??

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A/C Delco Professional Maintenance Free(supercedes Delco Freedom), #D07-79-6YR. If you can't find a parts house that will order Delco, check your yellow pages under "Battery Distributors", or white pages for an A/C Delco distributor. The trick is to find a dist./wholesaler who will sell to you. I get all my stuff from my local. Paid $97.77 for the battery. It's a 1/4" shorter than the original, but still fits the vent tube and hold-down perfectly. My receipt shows p/n 19001845 also. Good luck!
I got an A/C Delco Battery myself, but they told me the part number was 76-7YR or something like that.

I paid $150 CDN for mine, if you are Canadian check out this site:

http://www.acdelcocanada.com/theshop...lco/index.html

You can search for the closest AC Delco parts distributer there. Shop around, because the prices do vary.

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Old 11-01-2003, 07:53 PM   #4
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Yes, 76-7year was the original group number. They don't make it anymore. Sears, Exide, Interstate do not make any that fit.
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Old 11-02-2003, 08:51 AM   #5
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where do you live? there is only one place around me that sells them. and I happened not to call them thinking they didn't have it but someone told me they did. I called every place even national tire and battery they never even heard of it. lol most ppl dont even have a part number for it. but tell me where you live and maybe we can help you out
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Old 11-02-2003, 11:16 AM   #6
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I live in Pennsylvania USA.


I can't believe this! I called the GM dealership last night and asked how long it would take to order a battery and they said 2-3 WEEKS!?!?

I called NTB, Goodyear, PepBoys, Advanced Auto, Parts America, et al...and a few other places and they didn't even have the ability to order it!

This is just getting silly. I need a battery like tomorrow and I never thought in a million years it would take so long to get one. Makes me feel like I'm driving a 1968 Porche as far as getting parts is concerned.

Thanks for all the replies, I will continue searching.

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Old 11-02-2003, 01:54 PM   #7
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Re: Where the heck can I buy a battery??

Maybe you didn't read my post.
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where in PA?
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Old 11-02-2003, 08:24 PM   #9
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Indy, I did read your post, I guess I was still in shock at the price and that all the national chains around here didn't carry it.

It just seems so silly that I can't get a battery for a 95 GM vehicle. Granted the Aurora is rare in relation to other GM cars, but still...

I will call some more places tomorrow.

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Old 11-02-2003, 09:50 PM   #10
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well I know a place around me that has them for 125 and i have friends that live in and around pittsburg, I travel by there every month if you want to work something out where we can get you that battery i wouldn't mind doing that, unless you need it right away.
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Old 11-02-2003, 10:14 PM   #11
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Re: Where the heck can I buy a battery??

Okay, sorry about that. You would think that there HAS to be some other vehicles that would be designed to accept the same battery! I could'nt believe it either. Maybe it's the vents on top? Virtually all the batteries carried, or ordered by, the chain stores are manufactured by Exide or Interstate under different labels. So don't even waste your time. I've already done that. It's usually the old "mom & pop"," been in business for 50 years" kind of parts places that can or will order A/C Delco anything for you. So I would look-up some place like that if you don't have a local dist. Hang in there.....it builds character!
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Old 11-03-2003, 01:08 AM   #12
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Silverbullet, I stand corrected. Batterysales.com does in fact still list the 76-7YR for $125.25. I had a hard time just lifting it into the car, I can't even guess what shipping charges would be. I think it's beyond UPS weight limits.
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A/C Delco Professional Maintenance Free(supercedes Delco Freedom), #D07-79-6YR. If you can't find a parts house that will order Delco, check your yellow pages under "Battery Distributors", or white pages for an A/C Delco distributor. The trick is to find a dist./wholesaler who will sell to you. I get all my stuff from my local. Paid $97.77 for the battery. It's a 1/4" shorter than the original, but still fits the vent tube and hold-down perfectly. My receipt shows p/n 19001845 also. Good luck!
Yes, I can confirm your part number. I just had to replace mine on my 96 Aurora and through extensive searching, A/C Delco PMF was the only battery I could find. Yes, the battery is 1/4" shorter AND about 1" not as wide, but the vent tube did fit. Up here in northern Canada, I paid a total of $204.00 cdn incl. taxes. Hope this battery lasts.
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Old 02-14-2004, 10:28 PM   #14
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Re: Where the heck can I buy a battery??

I found a battery for my 95 aurora at a local gas station. It was a gas station that had a small auto repair shop. It was about $20 cheaper than the dealer wanted. I was suprised the gas station had it because places like Pep Boys, Autozone, etc didn't have it.
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Old 02-15-2004, 01:22 AM   #15
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Re: Where the heck can I buy a battery??

I bought one that fits right into the slot and is the same size at wal mart and paid about $70 for it...it was one of those yellow batteries...had it in for 8 months and no problems.
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