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Old Jan 14, 2018 | 12:00 PM
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Question Battery position question
slowly re-assembling the 1978 short bed 4x4 F150 after the body work and paint. I am building battery cables and wiring but do not know how the battery sits. Are the posts on the engine side or on the outside? I have searched for a photo of the engine compartment, but haven't been able to stumble across one.
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Old Jan 14, 2018 | 12:10 PM
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Engine side...

To my knowledge, there has never been a battery that has been factory mounted with the mounts toward the exterior, wouldn't even be logical.
 
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Normal 1 battery set up, battery itself is on the passenger side, with the + closest to the starter solenoid and the - close to the core support.

As far as the posts or connections, I use a top post battery. If you change to side post mount then I would have them on the open side of the eng compartment.
 
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Rufus, I think you're my neighbor down the street. Hope the fact you looked at my truck the other day helped you out


Can't wait to see that beauty completed.
 
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Yes neighbor,
Seems I have seen that truck before. I was looking under your hood.
 
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What is this? Looks like a battery install
 
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That would be a good battery for the dual battery tray
 
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One down one to go...eye spy a second battery tray on the dvrs side and some hood stiffeners.
 
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