I have a 2005 F350 Diesel truck. I have a question about the batteries.
Are the batteries in this truck supposed to be maintenance free? Mine
are not and there is a plastic covering over one battery that prevents
access to the cells.

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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:12:13 -0800, rvfulltime
<rvfulltime (AT) _removeme_isp (DOT) com> wrote:


More troubling is the fact that the batteries are not matched as it
appears that one has been replaced. Generally in a diesel where
batteries are in parallel the batteries should be replaced in matched
sets for maximum cranking/starting performance and reserve capacity.
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In article <h4ost2l6n9cthlmb7n5lhjmddl0t1qtfvs (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>,
SnoMan <admin (AT) snoman (DOT) com> wrote:

Where do you see that?

You've obviously never even looked under the hood of a late model
Ford Diesel.

"aarcuda69062" <nonelson (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote

You aren't surprised are ya? <G>

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:34:12 GMT, aarcuda69062
<nonelson (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote:

"there is a plastic covering over one battery"

I guess you cannot read huh but what can you expect from a troll. That
quoted statement tends to suggest that one battery is different as it
is not very clear about it and I was commenting on the post. Also do
not even begin to think you have seen under the hod of more automotive
designs than me because you are out of your league because I track and
look at all the latest design by all makers and have for many many
years. I even have a digital picture data base of some recent ones
that I may post online someday.
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"SnoMan" <admin (AT) snoman (DOT) com> wrote

Nothing. Most are so use to your endless, mind numbing BS, that no info of
any accuracy is expected from you.

Or as someone who has actually looked under the hood of a Ford diesel, the
quoted statement tends to suggest a factory-installed plastic cover over one
of the batteries, not part of the battery, which would have to be removed to
service the battery.

In article <72qtt21ebds2pqfkd2duv6onv0c4c5dc2m (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>,
SnoMan <admin (AT) snoman (DOT) com> wrote:
And that means the battery has been changed?

No, it means that one battery has a plastic cover over it.

Not clear because you've never even seen under the hood of a late
model Ford Diesel.

What a crock of self aggrandizing bull shit.

Think -REAL- hard Snofraud, what component would necessitate the
need for a thermal shield over a battery?

"aarcuda69062" <nonelson (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote

Snofraud???? WTF! I think you just gave him a new name. A fitting one at
that. Of course they all have been.

If you are prevented access to the cells by covers that are built into the
battery itself then the battery is maintenance free. If the cover is part of
the truck -- the battery hold down device -- then you just have a poor
design keeping you from your goal.




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