battery life?
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battery life?
I know its hard to find anything made right anymore, and batteries are no exception. Have some batteries from wallmart ( 700 cold cranking ) even when new had to plug in truck at freezing to make sure it would start. I have 12.5 volts on these 2 yr old batteries, but they appear to have no cranking power. How long can yall get batteries to last on a 7.3?
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Mine last about three years but its the heat of the high desert in SOCAL that shortens the life of them. When I lived in San Diego I could get 5-7 years out of them but up here they don't last long at all.
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Don't know if it makes a difference but I use Interstate batteries. The set in my KW are going on 8+ years and still going strong. Just put a pair in my 06 F350, the origional ford pair went 6 years but that is unusual for stock batteries.
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Get motor craft batteries at ford. $112 a piece iirc. Great warranty. I usually get mine replaced for free every three years from ford
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