Dual Battery Install

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Author Message   John N (John_tdi_aus) New Member Username: John_tdi_aus Post Number: 16 Registered: 05-2002 Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 10:48 pm:    Does anyone have (or know where to find) a picture of a dual battery installed in a 95 V8? Does the coil and/or power steering res. have to be relocated? Thanks John   John Moore (Jmoore) Senior Member Username: Jmoore Post Number: 405 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 10:51 am:    Search the archieves this has been discussed at length with photos. If you can't find what exactly you want, post again. -John   john vigg (Johnvigg) New Member Username: Johnvigg Post Number: 38 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 09:58 am:    Theres plenty of posts on where to put the batteries, but heres the problem i have. when i hooked the two up, the tach doesnt work, the the altentator doesnt charge either battery i know that you need to change the position of a wire on the altenator somewhere, anybody have any idea which one or how?   Steve Cooper (Scrover) Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 206 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 10:28 am:    You need to energize the isolator, usually with a wire from the positive side of the coil to the E terminal on the isolator. Then the tach will work and the batteries will charge. I had the same issue with my first setup.   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1062 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 10:47 am:    John: As no one has answered the question you asked... The power steering reservoir bracket can be gently bent to provide greater clearance. The slots on the bracket for the coil are acceptable, but I found if you removed the coil and inverted the bracket, the slots on the opposite side are wider/longer and allow one to move the coil enough to clear the new battery, otherwise, you can elongate the mounting holes to allow the coil to be repositioned. Good luck, Paul   john vigg (Johnvigg) New Member Username: Johnvigg Post Number: 39 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 04:35 pm:    http://www.viggdesigns.com/ourcars/discoinstall.htm take a look at the pictues i have above   Joe Still (Joedisco) Member Username: Joedisco Post Number: 59 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 09:29 am:    Great pics John!   Jason Smith (Smithers) New Member Username: Smithers Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 12:06 pm:    If I use 2 Optima batteries can I use a red and a yellow top?   Andrew Clarke (Aclarke) Senior Member Username: Aclarke Post Number: 303 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 11:11 pm:    Hey John Vigg. I was just looking at the link you posted and saw you have HID lights. Are those "real" or the $14.99 ones you see on eBay? I need a new bulb anyways so am curious about this.