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Battery Size?
I've got an 86 F-350 4x4 with a 460 engine, and the battery in it when I bought it has died. I replaced it with the battery Autozone recommended, even though it looked really small. Too small to fill up the batter holder, and just visually too small for the truck. It had 560 cranking amps, and seemed just barely able to turn over the motor. I've had a lot of trouble starting ever since, lots of slow cranking, and my starter is getting tired of it. Yesterday I couldn't get it started, and called Sears about what size battery they recommended. They came up with another 560 amp battery. I borrowed an RV battery from the neighbor, and it cranked right over (660 amps). He also has a Lincoln Towncar, with a big honkin battery in it, also 660 amps. Looks like it ought to be the one. Anybody know the proper battery for the truck, or really, for the big motor?
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I've never been one to go much by what a retailer told me to buy when it came to batteries. To me in this case, bigger is better. As long as it fits in your truck. I just recently replaced mine with one from Wal-Mart that is 750 cold cranking amps. The price is the same as their smaller batteries. I may be overlooking the obvious here as too much power to the stock starter or too much load on a stock alternator, I dunno. I'm sure someone will speak up and tell me if I am. All I know is that it turns my 351W easily and the engine fires right up every time.
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Living in Canada we need the best.
I have a 1000 CCA battery in the Truck.
850 CCA batteries in the Buick & Mustang.
I would suggest finding a place that has a Lifetime warranty on their batteries.
I've gone through at least three batteries without having to pay anything.Why?, Because they just keep failing after 2 years.
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I have a 1000 CCA battery in the Truck.
850 CCA batteries in the Buick & Mustang.
I would suggest finding a place that has a Lifetime warranty on their batteries.
I've gone through at least three batteries without having to pay anything.Why?, Because they just keep failing after 2 years.
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I agree bigger is better. One thing to check though is the starter mine use to call a lot of power to start the truck (460) and then started dragging. I replaced it with a lifetime warrenty rebuilt and what a differance it made, starts right up. Starter was $36.99 a cheap fix.
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Thanx a lot for the advice, folks. I went to Walmart, got a 810cca battery with a three year warranty, and she cranks right up. May have to go the rebuilt starter route later, we'll see.
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no need to rebuild the starter...if you retard the timing enough the 550cca will start it. That's what the feds want anyway. Heck I got a 550 in my wife's Honda Van!!!
I put a 1000 cca in my 460 and it spins it right over.
I put a 1000 cca in my 460 and it spins it right over.
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