On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:59:35 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

the cables from the battery. It covers most of one battery only.

You did not answer my question about the batteries in your F250/350 diesel.
Did your 2005/6/7 F250/350 diesel come with maintenance free batteries?

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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:35:52 GMT, SnoMan <admin (AT) snoman (DOT) com> wrote:

I can't tell if the batteries are the same as I first have to remove the cover
of the driver side battery.

You didn't answer my question. Do you have maintenance free batteries
in your 2005/6/7 F250/350 diesel truck?

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I do not understand the problem.

If the battery(ies) have covers that do not come off, they are Maintenance
Free.

If the batteries have covers that can come off, but the truck has a cover
that is in the way, then you have to check the battery(ies) because they are
not Maintenance Free. You will be required to remove the cover on the truck
that is in the way of one or more cells on the battery(ies) in order to
provide any maintenance that might be needed.

Any F350 on the road in the year models you asked about should still have
the original battery(ies), with the possible exception of the oldest of the
'05s -- but even those trucks should still have good factory supplied
battery(ies).




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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:21:21 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

I am wanting to know if YOUR F250/350 came with maintenance free
batteries. Mine did not, but the manual says it should.

The PROBLEM is: It is a PITA to add water to a battery that is
covered with a piece of plastic in such a manner that requires removal
of the cables to battery(s).

So the question is: Did YOUR F250/350 for year 2005/6/7 diesel
come with maintenance free batteries?

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"rvfulltime" <rvfulltime (AT) _removeme_isp (DOT) com> wrote

What difference does it make what type of batteries anybody's truck came
with? The truck in question is yours. Take the cover off YOUR other battery
and check.

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote

I seem to recall that my 94 F250 had a cover over the left (drivers side)
battery to preclude using jumpers on that battery while the right side
(passenger's side) battery was open to access. The manual outlined jump
start procedures and warned that the right side battery was the one to use
for jump starts. I didn't understand the reason for the cover because
everyone reads the manual, don't they? I don't know if my memory has served
me or not but I'm sure that several will correct me if I'm in error about
this. BTW the batteries that came with my truck were maintenance free (from
the factory)... I replaced them seven years later (eight Alaskan winters
later) with Sears Gold batteries which are still doing fine, five years
later. These are also maintenance free...

DaveD

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