Cooley On Cars: How to change your car battery 

we can always find videos and search results on how to change battery, but the way you teach us is really appreciated, please do more videos like this .. thank you very much

Of the ten videos I watched, this one by far, was the best!!! HANDS DOWN!!! Thanks for the help. Truly!!!

This was really helpful! Thank you!

Very easy to follow. My car didn't blow up and I thank this man

This is Brian cooley He is back We miss you man

Great video, very clear. Thanks!

More like this Brian 👍

good video and well-presented

thanks for the video u made it look so easy

I helped my gf using this video and it gave us a lot of confidence!! Brian Cooley is the man

So newer cars (especially luxury cars) have so much electronics that when you change the battery, the memory for sitting position for your power seats, radio presets, and many other things gets wiped or reset. To prevent it, a lot of mechanics use some external battery powered device to maintain your electronics settings while changing the battery. Do you know what that device? FYI, some portable jump starting device offers that feature and many do not.

Thanks for the info. 👍

Any battery maintenance tips videos?

Cars from 90s and early 00s often came with anti-theft radio that requires unique PIN to turn on once battery is replaced. So, it is a good idea to keep PIN handy or attach another (jump start) battery in series circuit during battery replacement. It feels empty when driving a car with muted radio in LA traffic.

I knew all this already but good video for beginners really liked it well done and detailed

Kept it short & sweet..... thanks!

Great video

Great vid

This guy is GREAT !!!

Thank you sir, God Bless

Great video! 👍 Just one thing: What about mentioning to save internal memory and codes while the battery is disconnected.

Great video can't wait to change my battery tomorrow

Ah...battery replacement and oil change are the two greatest more satisfying job a DIY guy/gal can do.

The terminals do not need to be over tightened, that's how they get messed up and distorted. Most are made out of lead, which is a coft metal.

Fantastic. Learn something every day.

What a nice video to follow

These how to videos are the best!

Hey Cooley. I seen sparks fly when you started the Cougar at 3:23. Whats up with the starter?

Thank you for the video! what 's the wrench size ? You tell me now before I set all the neighborhood on the fire (LOL)

I think this might be handy for new drivers, what about those on two-wheeled vehicles? (such as a motorbike or a scooter)

Do more how to repairs!

At 1:00 you say not to bridge positive to the chassis with tools, however with the negative terminal removed that shouldn't happen? Isn't that the whole point of disconnect negative first and connect it last so welding can't happen?

I heard if you leave the wrench across the battery terminals it helps reset all your monitors

need to update this video

Don't you need to have a portable battery hookup up so the car doesn't lose memory of radio presets?

Is it okay to replace the battery when the engine is running?

Cooley = stud..!

I wouldn’t vacuum up battery acid. :-)

Thats not the way you install the clamps over the battery posts terminals. They are way too high and are not making good contact with the battery posts.Remove that felt and they will seat properly.

Step one is to connect a keep alive battery to maintain your cars' computer memories. If you dont do this, you could be looking at a car that barely runs or doesn't run at all, and a tow to a dealershiup in some cases to do the reprogramming.

Newer cars may have issues when changing the battery due to the fact that they have eay more electronic stuff.

Heers mate!

how do you swap motors with a different car?

You have not mentioned the most important step to do: using memory saver?

Well.. a first timer here changing my car's battery & of course I took off the positive terminal 1st & then the negative terminal..thank God nothing happened except the horn started sounding a lil bit. I should've watched this video 1st. 😆

Ol' Mercury Cougar by the looks of it.

Also, take off the month and year stickers off of the battery, so you remember when you installed it.

Purchase a rubber boot for the positive terminal -- safety!!

Newer car required computer after install new battery.

People need to know what size wrench you are using

I've been told to open the car lights for at least 1 min before testing the battry

You forgot by a mile the most important thing in modern cars which is you probably guest it MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR RADIO CODE

3:07 that's very lazy sound effects

Missed a vital step. Before removing the failing battery, use a memory saver. If you don't you'll lose all settings and might have other electrical or performance issues.

You missed several important steps. First you should use a small battery (l have one attached to a cigarette lighter plug) to keep the memory in the radio and computer from being erased. Second you should have a terminal puller tool to get the cables off. Third you should use a battery cable reamer to get the holes in the cables round and make good contact with the new battery. Fourth you should use a cable clamp spreader to open the terminals so that they can seat all the way down on the new posts. I have installed hundreds of batteries over the last 50 years and these steps will save a lot of grief.

Warning for other newbs, that moment where he warns you that your radio and lights might turn back on, your car alarm might also go off. That was an unpleasant surprise

Watch and learn Ladys

What if I don't have a car?

this car does not have a computer need to update ?????????????????

Dont be scared lol

should probably make sure your car isnt sparking before making a how to video....

You have 110,000 views if just 5% have battery acid problem that's 5,500 people who could b harmed because you are making a SHORT video....All the DIY instructers do this so people will click their video so they make $...and some schmuck ends up in the ER with battery acid on his hands or face