Battery conections !!
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From: Kamloops, BC
Originally Posted by Domino'sDiesel
The frame will be fine.
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I agree. Use the frame. I would recommend that you run an extra ground wire from the battery to the frame. I don't think the factory ground wires for the frame are big enough for the load.
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Very good idea! Usually all electrical is grounded to the frame some how. A heavy gauge wire directly to the frame from the batt. is a "positive" ground. I used that word in quotes not for polarity reasons...meaning good.
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ok guys, thanks for all your help, just one more quick question and thats it, i promise. does it matter which battery i take the postitive cable from, cause i got dual batt. i hope it doesnt matter cause i ran a cable from the drivers side battery.
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Well if your REALLY worried about it, you are limited by the cable size between the two batteries. If you want to balance the load perfectly evenly between the two you need to run the big cables between the batteries as well as to your load. If you want to get the best source without all that then I would run from the passenger side. Then you don't have the small cable limitation from using the right side.
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ok good enough for me, i was just concerned cause i dont want to melt anything, and you mean warm, but not warm to start melting right? on my other vehicle, i have a winch on it too, and if i use it alot or do some heavy pulling i will stop to let things cool before pulling some more
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Hey Guys, sorry I haven't been on for a while.. I agree with Kwik about running an extra ground from the battery to the frame.. I did that as well on my last truck and plan to hook one up for this truck.. I ran my cables from the passenger side as I said before because of the wire in between the 2 batteries.. I wanted to eliminate that possibilty of heating that small wire up..
Hey Kwik, I was just at my local napa dealer and was asking about you airfilter.. seems like I can get it up here in BC as well.. Did you tke out your whole stock air box to get that filter in there ?? The filter retails up here for $110 canadian.. My cost is $56.. I get pretty good deals from napa... thats like $2 us.. hahahaha !!!
Hey Kwik, I was just at my local napa dealer and was asking about you airfilter.. seems like I can get it up here in BC as well.. Did you tke out your whole stock air box to get that filter in there ?? The filter retails up here for $110 canadian.. My cost is $56.. I get pretty good deals from napa... thats like $2 us.. hahahaha !!!
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The stock air box must be removed. Just take all the little screws out of the bottom. Be careful of the ambient air temperature sensor mounted in the bottom half. It is easily removed with a 1/8 turn and out. I zip tied it to the master cylinder after it was removed from the housing.
I can't remember what I paid for mine, it was around $30.00 US.
I can't remember what I paid for mine, it was around $30.00 US.
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Russ,
One thing I did for my truck was to make a set of jumper cables that have a plug that matches the winch on the other end. This way you can jump your truck from the rear or front and you don't have to pop the hood. I also stop and help a lot of people that are broke down (Ch*vies and D*dges) and it makes it nice to be able to pull in front of them and stay facing traffic if they need a jump.
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One thing I did for my truck was to make a set of jumper cables that have a plug that matches the winch on the other end. This way you can jump your truck from the rear or front and you don't have to pop the hood. I also stop and help a lot of people that are broke down (Ch*vies and D*dges) and it makes it nice to be able to pull in front of them and stay facing traffic if they need a jump.
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Originally Posted by TexasStroke
Russ,
One thing I did for my truck was to make a set of jumper cables that have a plug that matches the winch on the other end. This way you can jump your truck from the rear or front and you don't have to pop the hood. I also stop and help a lot of people that are broke down (Ch*vies and D*dges) and it makes it nice to be able to pull in front of them and stay facing traffic if they need a jump.
TexasStroke
One thing I did for my truck was to make a set of jumper cables that have a plug that matches the winch on the other end. This way you can jump your truck from the rear or front and you don't have to pop the hood. I also stop and help a lot of people that are broke down (Ch*vies and D*dges) and it makes it nice to be able to pull in front of them and stay facing traffic if they need a jump.
TexasStroke
Thanks... Russ
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Bigredford...
So in the end, how did you end up conecting those big cables to your battery ?? Do you have the stock conections on yours or did you modify them... There is that small nut on the positive side.. Did you just hook it up to that ??? Just wondering.. I'm going to try and get it all finished up this week..
Thanks.. Russ
So in the end, how did you end up conecting those big cables to your battery ?? Do you have the stock conections on yours or did you modify them... There is that small nut on the positive side.. Did you just hook it up to that ??? Just wondering.. I'm going to try and get it all finished up this week..
Thanks.. Russ
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Originally Posted by Kwikkordead
The stock air box must be removed. Just take all the little screws out of the bottom. Be careful of the ambient air temperature sensor mounted in the bottom half. It is easily removed with a 1/8 turn and out. I zip tied it to the master cylinder after it was removed from the housing.
I can't remember what I paid for mine, it was around $30.00 US.
I can't remember what I paid for mine, it was around $30.00 US.
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From: Rio Rico, AZ.
Originally Posted by RussB
You've probably answered this before but what did you do with the reset button/sensor in the top part of the air box.... some of the other guys were talking about drilling one of these into the new air filter.. what did you do ??