Vehicles & Servicing Car battery's

you should try 4G they have most car parts new or used ( the guy there is a good guy and he will set you straight), he had a few chances to screw me and never did, cant say anymore than that, he is on cervantes if im not mistaken, and next to him in hokkaido car parts. both pretty reasonable and open to bargaining if not from the top shelf

 

You can also try the Panasonic battery shop across Rmall. Motolite is not my choice any more after the battery broke down in a new car @ month #25. Warranty on battery only one year. Depending which battery you're looking for no need to spend 6k or more.
Batteries in the afore mentioned shop goes with a warranty of 24 months or more.

 

Oeps, that's quite more than I paid (p5000 incl. trade in old one) for the battery (90 Ah) in my Nissan Navara Frontier.

 

Did you get a lot of sediment out of it when you dumped it?

I have had otherwise good batteries that had a cell that wouldn't charge because there literally was no acid in the cell at all. I dumped it in a plastic bucket and poured the slightly acidic water back in the battery not allowing the sediment to go back in and the battery took and held a charge. Sediment can short out a cell.

I watched a guy on youtube dump out a battery and fill it with alum pickling spice and he charged it up and made it an alkaline battery. The amount of sediment he got when he dumped the acid/water out told me that he could have put acid back in and been fine.

 

I did experience same when shopping around that some sales boys told me a battery with less Ah should also work, But I rather stick to the Ah as recommended by Nissan in the owner's manual. Oh my battery gave it up after 4 yrs and 6 months.
Interesting what you are trying to do now to give the battery a second life. Hope it will be successful.
On Yahoo once in a while a guy is promoting that method but the details how can only be obtained after payment.

 

The measures to restore a battery are temporary at best. A decent auto/truck battery should last a minimum of 4-5 years (unless you live in UAE). Perhaps shipping a high quality battery via balikbayan box would be wisest? There are plenty of 'sealed' lead-acid batteries available in modern countries that would fit the bill!