1973 - 1979 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks Discuss the Dentsides Ford Truck
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by: Moser

Please help 17 yr old boy with a 77 f150 step side

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #16  
Old 12-08-2014, 07:14 PM
19-F250-78's Avatar
19-F250-78
19-F250-78 is offline
Senior User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Deer River, Minnesota
Posts: 296
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Have you checked that the alternator is connected correctly? If the wires aren't in the correct place it will drain the battery.
 
  #17  
Old 12-08-2014, 08:16 PM
Old Brown Truck's Avatar
Old Brown Truck
Old Brown Truck is offline
Senior User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Skyway, WA
Posts: 347
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Both of my dent sides have small draws that will drain my battery over the coarse of weeks. I don't drive either of them daily or even weekly sometimes. I've gotten to where I've been driving both at least once every weekend. I finally equipped both with battery turn off switches. When I park them for any length of time, I turn off the battery. One truck had once had some kind of auxiliary battery setup. On the front side of the radiator support, was left a battery switch. I wired it in-between my master ground wire and the negative post of the battery. My other truck has a very simple blade connector between the neg battery post and a post that my ground wire attaches to. I suppose I could trace down the draw, but it's not an issue when I drive the trucks on a regular basis. Since I've gotten in the habit of turning my batteries off, I haven't had a drained battery problem. I might slow down some dim witted thieves too.
 
  #18  
Old 12-08-2014, 10:23 PM
Tedster9's Avatar
Tedster9
Tedster9 is offline
Post Fiend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Posts: 19,311
Likes: 0
Received 66 Likes on 65 Posts
Battery cutoff is nice because it eliminates (well reduces) the possibility of heavy shorts and possibly starting a fire.
If you're like me there's always a hair shirt element to leaving home for more than a few days. Is the stove on, did I unplug my workbench?

Disconnecting the battery is a good way to avoid worrying about unlikely but possible things like rodents chewing on insulation or whatever.
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
82fordowner
1980 - 1986 Bullnose F100, F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
23
02-16-2014 07:21 PM
F350-6
1999 - 2003 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel
33
09-04-2010 02:24 PM
7283-F250
Electrical Systems/Wiring
5
11-11-2008 08:53 AM
christaylor
Electrical Systems/Wiring
4
05-10-2006 05:15 PM
79_custom
Electrical Systems/Wiring
8
10-20-2003 05:32 PM



Quick Reply: Please help 17 yr old boy with a 77 f150 step side



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:32 AM.