I bought the battery off of Amazon (it says it was fulfilled by a co. called Impact Battery).

As I was monkeying around with it tonight to install it I noticed a spot that looks like it may have leaked, and the casing is a little wider in that area



Here is the other side





Also when I opened the box the battery tray spacer was shattered, which isn’t cool, but I figured I’d write Northstar and ask for a free replacement



I normally try to avoid returning things to Amazon at all costs because it’s such a pain in the ass, but seeing that little spot on the battery makes me think I should send it back and buy local. What do you think?

In other news - although this battery install might be a wash, I did succeed in tightening 2 valve cover bolts above an oil leak that it turns out were finger tight (wtf?)