Booster Cables
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Booster Cables
So, when I had my 2009 I wanted cables easier to manage than having to open the hood and connect. I help people on the road plus have a lot of kids that I help with their cars and little things make life easier. The old tow truck from my race days had the plug in cables so I went looking for some. Found a set on Amazon that were $126 (down to $95 now);
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So I ordered them and put them on, before I sold that truck I pulled them off and decided to put them on Ruby.
I found some 2x2 angle heavy aluminum in the drawer so I cut off 4 inches and fit it to the tow hook bracket, drilled everything out and did a test fit with....should work fine.
This is the drilled frame it will be mounted too.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So I ordered them and put them on, before I sold that truck I pulled them off and decided to put them on Ruby.
I found some 2x2 angle heavy aluminum in the drawer so I cut off 4 inches and fit it to the tow hook bracket, drilled everything out and did a test fit with....should work fine.
This is the drilled frame it will be mounted too.
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Next was to mount the anderson plug to the aluminum bracket.
I spaced out the plug with two washers so the mating plug could slide all the way on and then took it and some 1/4"x1" carriage bolts over to clean up and paint in satin black.
While the paint was drying, I pulled the grill and started running the wires up behind, around the headlight and into the battery area. Brought the cables around and hooked them up to the drivers side battery, didn't have the cable ties in on this picture but the wires are all secured in place now.
Back to the bumper and mounted the bracket and plug with the 1" carriage bolts.
I spaced out the plug with two washers so the mating plug could slide all the way on and then took it and some 1/4"x1" carriage bolts over to clean up and paint in satin black.
While the paint was drying, I pulled the grill and started running the wires up behind, around the headlight and into the battery area. Brought the cables around and hooked them up to the drivers side battery, didn't have the cable ties in on this picture but the wires are all secured in place now.
Back to the bumper and mounted the bracket and plug with the 1" carriage bolts.
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Test the connection and verify we have power.
Hook up the cables and make sure everything fits correctly.
And then add the new dust cap to keep it all clean.
And we are done with another small mod that really helps in the long run. There will eventually be a connection on the rear also in case its needed but also to run the winch on the trailer, more on that one later.
Hook up the cables and make sure everything fits correctly.
And then add the new dust cap to keep it all clean.
And we are done with another small mod that really helps in the long run. There will eventually be a connection on the rear also in case its needed but also to run the winch on the trailer, more on that one later.
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