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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 05:53 AM
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one of my batteries went bad,and the shop that worked on my truck changed one battery. in the past i replaced both at the same time.one battery is 850 crank amps with cold crank 700,and the outher is 885 with cold crank 750.should i repace one so there both the same?thank you for any help
early 1999 ford f250
 
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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 06:20 AM
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Never use different age batteries. And defiantly not two different rated batteries. Replace the other one ASAP.
 
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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 06:56 AM
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BIG TIME! The sooner, the better. Sorry, I hate suggesting people spend more money - but this will save you money and grief.
 
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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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Well that explains the "dueling" batteries! Lol! Like the others said, gotta make 'em both the same! Seems odd that a shop wouldn't know that?
 
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Not all shops are as smart as they'd give themselves credit for being.

That's why almost all of us on this forum do our own maintenance.

There's a collective knowledge base here that far exceeds "Ford Factory Trained" by an order of magnitude.

Stick around. You can't help but learn a LOT about your truck!

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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by top dog
one of my batteries went bad,and the shop that worked on my truck changed one battery. in the past i replaced both at the same time.one battery is 850 crank amps with cold crank 700,and the outher is 885 with cold crank 750.should i repace one so there both the same?thank you for any help
early 1999 ford f250
Specs for our 7.3 trucks are 850 CCA batts.
 
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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 08:07 PM
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thank all of you for your replies.i will get a battery tomarrow.
 
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