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Old 01-14-2011, 07:18 PM
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ok winter sucks.. cables on my truck are shot. not much left of the ends anyway, i have thought about relocating them to give more room but i like my bed space so idk what to do, move them to the frame or just get new cables? any ideas for either and if so any good ideas as to where to get a good set of them?
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 07:31 PM
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if ya do new cables just make em..........way better and way cheaper, just make sure to use shrink tube on all connections
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 07:36 PM
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T the cables and add some jumper quick connects whilst yer at it

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Just do a single batt conversion, did my truck 2yrs ago, running a single odysee batt now, never had any trouble starting, even in winter, and a side benefit is that it really opens up the passenger side of the engine bay for more turbos Only took about 1/2hr to do my truck, but my mechanic has done it a few times before.
 
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Old 01-16-2011, 09:20 PM
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i believe im gonna keep both batteries just because i have some hard starting issues and for some reason i occasionally manage to pop the starter relay fuse (20amp) for some reason. i'd like to relocate 3 yes 3 batteries sometime but idk where and how because of the battery trays have things mounted to them and one has a sensor or something directly under the battery and idk what its for
 
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Old 01-16-2011, 09:29 PM
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What about mounting them under the truck on the frame? Then you just run your cables to where they are supposed to go, and you can add a place that's easy to get to for remote terminals, if you ever needed to jump or charge, and possibly also a master kill switch, so you can cut the power to everything, and have no draw on the batteries.
 
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