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It must be my phone. I got them to come up this time and I clicked on them again and I just got a blank page.

I could only get the first two links to come up. The others ones just have blank pages. I dont mind waiting a min for a good image to load and I also like to download so it's always available. I would say whatever makes your life easier. I read the 85 brochure you had on here and liked it so much I went on Ebay and bought my own.

I'm sure it will go faster. When it was outside I had to work like 3 feet from a sidewalk on street with a lot of people passing by. Every time I needed a tool I didn't have I had to gather everything up and go to the back yard and into the garage. Growing up in Phoenix and Las Vegas I dont leave anything out of my direct sight. I decided to hold on to the auxiliary parts for now. I might someday decide I want it back in. I was thinking of repurposing the battery holder by securing a small metal tool box in there. That away I will always have tools and dont have to worry about someone breaking a window to steal them.

Ok. Sorry my project is not very exciting. Lol. I got my auxiliary battery removed with help from people here. Thanks. I got it started up and moved it to the side of my house behind a gate. Now I can have peace and quiet when I work on it. To get it in I had about 2.5 inches from each mirror to the fence post. Took a few back and forths to get it lined up but I managed to not hit anything. And no fire from the wiring. Lol

Welcome!

Thanks for the info. As simple as it is. It's nice to hear other people's way of doing things. I'm going to try and get it done this weekend.

I'm looking to clean up my engine area a little and just curious how or if anyone else does. I was thinking to just disconnect the battery, hit some areas with soapy water and a brush, got some degreaser for the engine, then just spray it down with a hose. I do not plan on spraying water near the carburetor. Anyone have any suggestions?

As I said: remove the ScotchLok, and inspect/repair the Red (Orange?) wire as needed. The ScotchLok wraps around the target wire, so just unwrap its blue cover & then pull the truck wire out of the little metal barb inside. The other (black w/yellow crimp) SHOULD come from the binding post, and it SHOULD go to the relay that feeds the Red battery cable. (But it's hard to tell from your pics how the relay's power side is connected to the truck.) So you can either leave it as-is (w/o the ScotchLok splice, the relay will never turn on), or unplug that LB connector to kill power to the binding post & relay. I got the ScotchLok removed and the wire did not look damaged so I wrapped it in electrical tape. I disconnected the other wire and capped it off. I tucked all the other wires out of the way. So I can easily reconnect everything in the future if needed. Thanks for the help.

Got the battery removed. What is the safest way to fix these two wires? I got new pictures with the wires cleaned up a little. You can see the original red wire that was spliced. Should I remove the blue piece and reconnect the red wire or just cut and cap the wire coming out? The black wire is connected to this yellow wire. This one is the one that powers the battery so what is the safest way to deal with this wire? I'm not an electrician and I just want to make sure I dont cause a fire or fry anything. Thanks for all the help.

I'm not using the extra battery so I dont want to replace it. I also dont want to get zapped while working on the truck forgetting it's there. That's my main concern. It sounds like if I just disconnect those two wires I can remove the battery and leave the rest just in case. Thanks for the info.

That's awesome.

I took pictures of the 2 wires that leave the setup. The wire the arrow is pointing to comes from the center bolt of the solenoid. It goes into the blue piece. There are two other wires that go into this blue piece. This wire comes from battery positive and disappears into the other wires. I couldn't trace any wires to the starter solenoid. Unless they spliced in somewhere.

Is it possible to remove the second battery? I believe it was installed by ford originally but I'm not certain. I dont have a camper and dont use it. I looked through my manual but I'm not sure if its possible to just disconnect? Anyone dealt with this before? I have more pics if it would help? Thanks

Yes. I will check all the tubing. I know of a few that are badly cracked. Thanks for the heads up on the penetrating oil.

Looks good. Almost identical to mine on the outside.