Worth a rebuilt hybrid battery?

I'm waiting for a torque wrench by the mail. Found a nice one for 50$ C
Had to sell my other kidney but hey, I loves my car (just kidding about the kidney)
Thanks for the headsup.

 

I'm waiting for a torque wrench by the mail. Found a nice one for 50$ C (for once I'm not going for the cheapest possible LOL)
Had to sell my other kidney but hey, I loves my car (just kidding about the kidney)
Thanks for the headsup.

 

I don't know if it's going to make it but at 500,000 km I'll give my lovely Prius a vacation! Only 110,000 km to go!

 

I'm going to get some gas today. We'll see how she goes.
Yesterday I let the car charge the battery and it didn't go beyond three bars.
There's a LOT of hills where I live so the car will have a good chance to charge later on.

 

Thanks!
I was told Tekton made nice middle-of-the-road torque wrenches and I picked 3/8 instead of 1/4 (I have a full set of sockets I had to buy since I didn't have metric ones)
There's an Amazon one for 36$ but for once I'm not going for the el-cheapo model

 

Good news.
Just came back from the gas station. Charge went up to eight bars! (out of ten).
I'm assuming getting proper bolts and torquing them properly will help.
Thank you so much to all of you - it's been a learning experience!
Note : more respect for mechanics than ever! It's a tough job!

 

Thanks!

 

I've never used a tork wrench before. Today while trying on my old batteries I immediately broke the battery terminal. I was surprised by the little amount of effort it took to break it. Didn't hear it click, didn't feel anything. I initially put the bolt in manually and turned it with my fingers until I couldn't.
As mentionned by @alftoy , I had the wrench set to 48 in/lbs.
Is this a fluke?

 

I will get you a picture tonight but essentially, the center column was at 45 and the ring at around 2.
I was told by the instructions to put back the wrench to it's original settings if I'm not using it.
I really took my time to do this so I doubt it's user error.
I'm going to test with a bigger bolt and lower torque settings. Torque wrench bought new and looks new.

 

You were right. Here's the picture.
Since this doesn't go below 10 ft -lb. I'm guessing this tool is too strong?

 

Thanks a lot I really appreciate the help.
12x the strength is quite a difference!
As it stands, my car's mileage is around 6 liters / 100kms which is too high. I was hoping getting the torque just right would make that better - I've got two bolts that clearly aren't tight enough since I was using generic #5 bolts of dubious quality.
This week I finally got a pack of 50 proper #5 bolts with a flange. Should be good to go.
I'll update you as soon as it's done.
Even if my mileage doesn't get any better it's still better than no car at all

 

At 17 years of age, every day I get out of my Prius is a bonus!