Nomad1
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Stop buying cheap batteries. How bad does your truck bounce those batteries around? Are your wires all good?
Service life on parts
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ironpony
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It's not so much the cables, but corrosion in the connections that cause most troubles. Especially on the ground side.
Nomad1
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Yeah. I assumed he would find any problems like that if he checked out the cables. If the cables take a beating the ends begin breaking also.
One of the things that often gets skipped over is a thorough cleaning of all the the cable ends. When changing the batteries, each cable end should be cleaned on the bench wheel until it looks like a new penny.
And the 579 I had, the factory battery cables were equipped with some sort of rubber insulation over the connection ends that prevented solid contact, so I ended up shit-canning them and putting in good, old-fashioned copper-end cables.
And the 579 I had, the factory battery cables were equipped with some sort of rubber insulation over the connection ends that prevented solid contact, so I ended up shit-canning them and putting in good, old-fashioned copper-end cables.
Ontario Outlaw
Hozer Witta Hood
Mine have been cleaned, and I use the protectant spray a couple times a year to coat the connections.
Batteries are definitely something to keep an eye on, every service they get looked at
Ontario Outlaw
Hozer Witta Hood
You have that fancy crimper, don’t you?
ironpony
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Anytime you see that green crap on a conductor, you've got a problem that needs fixing - even if everything is still working.
Nomad1
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I think the fancy crumpet looks cool but I doubt it does any better than a bolt in a vise and then a pile of solder and then some heat shrink tubing and then electrical tape.
mndriver
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That one I borrowed from a friend who's a licensed electrician.
This is mine.
Hydraulic Wire Crimping Tool
ironpony
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A proper crimping tool does a whole lot better job than just mashing the lug in a vise. If you're going to live with a mechanical connection on a high current cable, you have to do it right, or you're just going to cause yourself more problems.
If you're going to do a soldered connection, something with that much metal involved is going to need a torch and solder pellets to heat the components properly, and make a good joint.
ironpony
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That plus the tool distributes the force properly.
Ontario Outlaw
Hozer Witta Hood
Well I still don’t know what the difference between a Gates and a Gates green stripe is
Also I think Continental bought Goodyear’s belt division and are using the Gatorback design under Continentals name
I ordered a Continental HD belt but haven’t seen it yet. It was $10 more for the HD belt vs a regular one
I really can’t see the brand of belt mattering but maybe it does. Although who knows who makes them for Fleetrite, the dealers brand
Also I think Continental bought Goodyear’s belt division and are using the Gatorback design under Continentals name
I ordered a Continental HD belt but haven’t seen it yet. It was $10 more for the HD belt vs a regular one
I really can’t see the brand of belt mattering but maybe it does. Although who knows who makes them for Fleetrite, the dealers brand
Ontario Outlaw
Hozer Witta Hood
The parts guy was puzzled this was the first Continental belt that didn’t use the gatorback style.
I’m tempted to order in the regular duty belt to see if it’s the gatorback style
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